Definition of posse

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Posse (n.) See Posse comitatus.

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Parson :: Parson (n.) A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with the cure of souls..
Copyholder :: Copyholder (n.) One possessed of land in copyhold.
Remitter :: Remitter (n.) The sending or placing back of a person to a title or right he had before; the restitution of one who obtains possession of property under a defective title, to his rights under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only by suit..
Concentual :: Concentual (a.) Possessing harmony; accordant.
Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office..
Acred :: Acred (a.) Possessing acres or landed property; -- used in composition; as, large-acred men..
Involucral :: Involucral (a.) Pertaining to, possessing, or like, an involucrum..
See :: See (v. i.) To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly..
Chromatophore :: Chromatophore (n.) A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them. They are highly developed and numerous in the cephalopods..
Enviable :: Enviable (a.) Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble.
Excoriation :: Excoriation (n.) Stripping of possession; spoliation.
Zirconia :: Zirconia (n.) The oxide of zirconium, obtained as a white powder, and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the Drummomd light..
Exchequer :: Exchequer (n.) The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low..
Vow :: Vow (n.) A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, for a longer or shorter time, to some act, service, or condition; a devotion of one's possessions; as, a baptismal vow; a vow of poverty..
Discreet :: Discreet (superl.) Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious..
Sanctimonious :: Sanctimonious (a.) Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly.
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To move or be transferred from one state or condition to another; to change possession, condition, or circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has passed into other hands..
Chylaceous :: Chylaceous (a.) Possessed of the properties of chyle; consisting of chyle.
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Forcible possession; hold.
Induct :: Induct (v. t.) To introduce, as to a benefice or office; to put in actual possession of the temporal rights of an ecclesiastical living, or of any other office, with the customary forms and ceremonies..
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