Definition of possess

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Possess (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..

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Identity :: Identity (n.) The condition of being the same with something described or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the identity of stolen goods..
Homomorphism :: Homomorphism (n.) The possession, in one species of plants, of only one kind of flowers; -- opposed to heteromorphism, dimorphism, and trimorphism..
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..
Proprietary :: Proprietary (n.) A proprietor or owner; one who has exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses, or holds the title to, a thing in his own right..
Preoccupate :: Preoccupate (v. t.) To prepossess; to prejudice.
Veto :: Veto (n.) A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power..
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition..
Reversion :: Reversion (n.) Hence, a right to future possession or enjoiment; succession..
Bailee :: Bailee (n.) The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust..
Invasion :: Invasion (n.) The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.
Ouster :: Ouster (n.) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin.
Occidental :: Occidental (a.) Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; -- used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the Orient are generally superior..
Livery :: Livery (n.) The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.
Plenipotent :: Plenipotent (a.) Possessing full power.
Prevention :: Prevention (n.) Prejudice; prepossession.
Repossess :: Repossess (v. t.) To possess again; as, to repossess the land..
Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) That which is or may be inherited; that which is derived by an heir from an ancestor or other person; a heritage; a possession which passes by descent.
Seizin :: Seizin (n.) The thing possessed; property.
Prepossessing :: Prepossessing (a.) Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner..
Impatronization :: Impatronization (n.) Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such possession.
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