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   Pos·ses·sive

   /pəˈzesiv/

   

   adjective

   • 1. demanding someone's total attention and love: "as soon as she'd been out with a guy a few times, he'd get possessive" Similar proprietorialoverprotectiveclingingcontrollingdominatingjealous
   • ▪ showing a desire to own things and an unwillingness to share what one already owns: "young children are proud and possessive of their own property" Similar graspinggreedyacquisitivecovetousselfishinformal:grabby
   • 2. relating to or denoting the case of nouns and pronouns expressing possession.

   noun

   • 1. a possessive word or form.
   • ▪ the possessive case.

   Derivatives

   • 1. possessively adverb
   • 2. possessiveness noun

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   What does the name possess mean?

   • To take control of someone's body or mind, especially in a supernatural manner. They thought he was possessed by evil spirits. Etymology: * From possessus, past participle of possīdeō. To occupy. Etymology: * From possessus, past participle of possīdeō. To vest ownership in (someone) with ownership.

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   • possess The Correct spelling is: possess. Common misspellings of the word possess are: posess

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   What is the meaning of the word possess?

   • pos•sess. (pəˈzɛs) v.t. 1. to have as belonging to one; have as property; own. 2. to have as a faculty, quality, or the like: possess intelligence. 3. (of a spirit, esp. an evil one) to occupy or control (a person) from within: be possessed by demons.

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   • The members' qualification is the possession of real. He first went to take possession of the old Lydian capital Sardis, the headquarters of the Persian government on this side of the Taurus, and the strong city surrendered without a blow. In 1785 it finally passed into British possession.

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   eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas. adjective. having or showing a desire to control or dominate. “a possessive parent”. synonyms: dominant. exercising influence or control. noun. the case expressing ownership.

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   1. : a possessive word or word group. 2. a. : the possessive case. b. : a word in the possessive case. Synonyms. Adjective. jealous.

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