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(1):

(v. t.) To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to fill; to affect; - said especially of evil spirits, passions, etc.

(2):

(v. t.) To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.

(3):

(v. t.) 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.

(4):

(v. t.) To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to gain; to seize.

(5):

(v. t.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Possess'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/possess.html. 1828.
 
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