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Consign :: Consign (v. t.) To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession; as, to consign the body to the grave..

Taking :: Taking (n.) The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.

Wealth :: Wealth (n.) Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches..

Stranger :: Stranger (n.) One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy..

Collectedness :: Collectedness (n.) A collected state of the mind; self-possession.

Preoccupancy :: Preoccupancy (n.) The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land..

Confuse :: Confuse (v. t.) To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession.

Polydactylism :: Polydactylism (n.) The possession of more that the normal number of digits.

Estate :: Estate (n.) A property which a person possesses; a fortune; possessions, esp. property in land; also, property of all kinds which a person leaves to be divided at his death..

Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit.

Confer :: Confer (v. t.) To grant as a possession; to bestow.

Satisfaction :: Satisfaction (n.) The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or demands..

Property :: Property (a.) That to which a person has a legal title, whether in his possession or not; thing owned; an estate, whether in lands, goods, or money; as, a man of large property, or small property..

Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) The act of separating, or setting aside, a thing in controversy from the possession of both the parties that contend for it, to be delivered to the one adjudged entitled to it. It may be voluntary or involuntary..

Aplomb :: Aplomb (n.) Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession.

Grudge :: Grudge (v. t.) To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects..

Command :: Command (n.) The possession or exercise of authority.

Inherit :: Inherit (v. i.) To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance..

Temporalty :: Temporalty (n.) A secular possession; a temporality.

Dominion :: Dominion (n.) Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy..

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