Definitions for possesses

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possesses pos·sess

Spelling: [puh-zes]

IPA: /pəˈzɛs/

Possesses is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 67 anagrams from letters in possesses (eeopsssss).

Definitions for possesses

verb (used with object)

1. to have as belonging to one; have as property; own:
2. to have as a faculty, quality, or the like:
3. (of a spirit, especially an evil one) to occupy, dominate, or control (a person) from within:
4. (of a feeling, idea, etc.) to dominate or actuate in the manner of such a spirit:
5. (of a man) to succeed in having sexual intercourse with.
6. to have knowledge of:
7. to keep or maintain (oneself, one's mind, etc.) in a certain state, as of peace, patience, etc.
8. to maintain control over (oneself, one's mind, etc.).
9. to impart to; inform; familiarize (often followed by of or with):
10. to cause to be dominated or influenced, as by an idea, feeling, etc.
11. to make (someone) owner, holder, or master, as of property, information, etc.:
12. to seize or take.
13. to gain or win.
14. to occupy or hold.
15. to have as belonging to one; have as property; own:
16. to have as a faculty, quality, or the like:
17. (of a spirit, especially an evil one) to occupy, dominate, or control (a person) from within:
18. (of a feeling, idea, etc.) to dominate or actuate in the manner of such a spirit:
19. (of a man) to succeed in having sexual intercourse with.
20. to have knowledge of:
21. to keep or maintain (oneself, one's mind, etc.) in a certain state, as of peace, patience, etc.
22. to maintain control over (oneself, one's mind, etc.).
23. to impart to; inform; familiarize (often followed by of or with):
24. to cause to be dominated or influenced, as by an idea, feeling, etc.
25. to make (someone) owner, holder, or master, as of property, information, etc.:
26. to seize or take.
27. to gain or win.
28. to occupy or hold.

Origin of possesses

1425-75; late Middle English possesen Middle French possess(i)er, noun derivative of possession possession

Examples for possesses

I know that many people do not feel they possess their partners and lovers.

As a white, educated, Western, middle-class male, I possess most of the unearned privilege the world has to offer.

If our whole horizon of truth were not broadened, we could not possess this command.

We attribute his successes or failures to the presence or lack of some special sauce that he does or does not possess.

That thing we seemed to possess was not the other, but an image of them we formed—they themselves are still free.

The Fish and Wildlife officer told him that it was illegal to possess a protected species or a raptor.

It is tragic how few people ever ‘possess their souls’ before they die.

The misfortune was that this was the only thing they cared to possess.

There are some papers and some money I must possess myself of.

In painting, we believe we possess a school second to none of modern art.

Moreover, can you call a nation poor, when it possesses Lombardy?

In short, jazz now possesses a prestige unprecedented in its long history.

It possesses the power to both humanize and demonize minority groups.

ISIS forces had come so close to Erbil that the city was in range of the Howitzer artillery cannons that ISIS possesses.

It is only when one has lost all things, that one knows that one possesses it.

The United States of Colombia possesses less than 250 miles of road.

All these are manifestly characteristics of Hamlet, and Posthumus possesses no others.

He too possesses those weapons, but he cannot use them with so great effect.

The sharply tailored blazer and weighty jewelry that cling to her body hints at the dominant personality she possesses.

Like all top-drawer authors, García Márquez possesses magnificent authority.