possuir
Meaning
- to possess; to have; to own
- to have as a quality or characteristic
- to control; to hold (exercise influence over)
- to possess (to take control of someone’s body or mind in a supernatural manner)
- to overwhelm (to overpower emotionally)
- (proscribed) to have (to be related to)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pos‧su‧ir
Pronounced as (IPA)
/po.suˈi(ʁ)/
Etymology
From Latin possidēre, from potis (“able”) + sedeō (“sit”).
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