possess
Significat (Anglès)
- To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own.
- Of an idea, thought, etc.: to dominate (someone's mind); to strongly influence.
- Of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person's body or mind).
- Of a person: to control or dominate (oneself or someone, or one's own or someone's heart, mind, etc.).
- Of a person: to control or dominate (oneself or someone, or one's own or someone's heart, mind, etc.).
- To cause an idea, thought, etc., to strongly affect or influence (someone); to inspire, to preoccupy.
- To occupy the attention or time of (someone).
- To obtain or seize (something); to gain, to win.
- Chiefly followed by of or with: to vest ownership of something in (oneself or someone); to bestow upon, to endow.
- To have control or possession of, but not to own (a chattel or an interest in land).
- (obsolete) To give (someone) information or knowledge; to acquaint, to inform.
- (obsolete) To have the ability to use, or knowledge of (a language, a skill, etc.)
- (obsolete) To inhabit or occupy (a place).
- (obsolete) Chiefly followed by that: to convince or persuade (someone).
- To dominate sexually; to have sexual intercourse with.
- To inhabit or occupy a place.
Sinònims
take possession of
associated with
belong to
enter into possession
one of
be in office
be in power
endowed with
grapple with
be endowed with
be armed with
have possession
have a proprietary right
take possession of forcefully
t hold
possession of
’ve
lurk in
Freqüència
Amb guionet com a
po‧ssess
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/pəˈzɛs/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
PIE word *pótis From Middle English possessen (“to have, own; to obtain possession of; to inhabit, occupy”) [and other forms], from Middle French possesser, possessier, Old French possesser, possessier (“to have, own, possess; to dominate”), from Latin possessus (“possessed; seized”), the perfect passive participle of possideō (“to have, hold, own, possess; to have possessions; to take control or possession of, occupy, seize; to abide, inhabit, occupy; to dominate”), from potis (“able, capable, possible”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“master; ruler; husband”)) + sedeō (“to sit; to be seated; to be established, hold firm”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”)).
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