Definition of possessive

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Possessive (n.) The possessive case.

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Possessive :: Possessive (a.) Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession.
Countryman :: Countryman (n.) One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun.
Genitive :: Genitive (a.) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.
Ours :: Ours (possessive pron.) See Note under Our.
Their :: Their (pron. & a.) The possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country..
Our :: Our (possessive pron.) Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as, our country; our rights; our troops; our endeavors. See I..
Its :: Its () Possessive form of the pronoun it. See It.
Your :: Your (pron. & a.) The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you.
Whosesoever :: Whosesoever (pron.) The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.
Thine :: Thine (pron. & a.) A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers..
Her :: Her (pron. & a.) The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out..
Apostrophe :: Apostrophe (n.) The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and as a sign of the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat, boys' hats. In the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e..
Possessival :: Possessival (a.) Of or pertaining to the possessive case; as, a possessival termination..
Own :: Own (a.) Belonging to; belonging exclusively or especially to; peculiar; -- most frequently following a possessive pronoun, as my, our, thy, your, his, her, its, their, in order to emphasize or intensify the idea of property, peculiar interest, or exclusive ownership; as, my own father; my own composition; my own idea; at my own price..
Thy :: Thy (pron.) Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine..
Possessive :: Possessive (n.) The possessive case.
Generalship :: Generalship (n.) The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general; -- sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general..
Possessively :: Possessively (adv.) In a possessive manner.
Whose :: Whose (pron.) The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which..
Mightiness :: Mightiness (n.) Highness; excellency; -- with a possessive pronoun, a title of dignity; as, their high mightinesses..
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