To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.
To have the legal title to; to have a just right to; to be master of; to own; to have; as, to possess property, an estate, a book.
To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to gain; to seize.
To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to fill; to affect; -- said especially of evil spirits, passions, etc.
To put in possession; to make the owner or holder of property, power, knowledge, etc.; to acquaint; to inform; -- followed by of or with before the thing possessed, and now commonly used reflexively.
All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. Thomas Jefferson
One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them. Thomas Jefferson
I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess. Martin Luther
To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich. Muhammad Ali
possess in Afrikaans is besit
possess in Danish is eje, besidde
possess in Dutch is bezitten, erop nahouden, rijk zijn
possess in Finnish is omistaa
possess in German is besitzen
possess in Italian is possedere
possess in Latin is obtineo, utor uti usus, teneo
possess in Portuguese is possua, possuir
possess in Spanish is poseer
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