English
Etymology
From L. possessum, past participle of possidere.
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-possess.ogg|Audio (US)
Verb
en-verb|possess|es
#To have; to have ownership of.
#:He does not even possess a working telephone.
#To take control of someone's body or mind, especially in a supernatural manner.
#:They thought he was possessed by evil spirits.
Translations
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Arabic: Arab|ملك IPAchar|(málaka)
Bulgarian: притежавам (pritežavam)
Chinese: 拥有 (yÅngyÇ’u)
Dutch: bezitten
Finnish: omistaa
French: posséder (1); s'emparer de (2)
German: besitzen (1), besessen sein (2)
Hungarian: van#Hungarian|van
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Italian: possedere
Japanese: å 有ã™ã‚‹ (ã›ã‚“ゆã†ã™ã‚‹, senyÅ« suru)
Korean: 가지다 (gajida)
Norwegian: inneha
Portuguese: possuir
Russian: обладать (obladát’)
Spanish: poseer
Swedish: äga
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fr:possess
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it:possess
kk:possess
hu:possess
pl:possess
ru:possess
fi:possess
ta:possess
te:possess
vi:possess
zh:possess
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