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(1):

(n.) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.

(2):

(n.) The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.

(3):

(n.) The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.

(4):

(n.) The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession.

(5):

(v. t.) To invest with property.

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