Definition of possession

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

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Out :: Out (a.) Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest..
Dominion :: Dominion (n.) Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy..
Prepossession :: Prepossession (n.) Preoccupation; prior possession.
Infeudation :: Infeudation (n.) The act of putting one in possession of an estate in fee.
Give :: Give (n.) To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow..
Worth :: Worth (a.) Having possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to the value of.
Fetish :: Fetish (n.) A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to control that being..
Claim :: Claim (n.) A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant..
Lend :: Lend (v. t.) To allow the possession and use of, on condition of the return of an equivalent in kind; as, to lend money or some article of food..
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To get possession of; to attain.
Contend :: Contend (v. i.) To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend..
Save :: Save (a.) To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
Livingness :: Livingness (n.) The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigor; animation; quickening.
Secure :: Secure (v. t.) To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate..
Disseizor :: Disseizor (n.) One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold..
Impropriator :: Impropriator (n.) One who impropriates; specifically, a layman in possession of church property..
Possessioner :: Possessioner (n.) A possessor; a property holder.
Back :: Back (adv.) In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another..
Guarantor :: Guarantor (n.) One who engages to secure another in any right or possession.
Qualification :: Qualification (n.) That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any acquirement, which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or which enables him to sustian any character with success; an enabling quality or circumstance; requisite capacity or possession..
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