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{
"antonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:possess",
"word": "go without"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:possess",
"word": "lose"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "adversely possess"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "possessable"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "possessible"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"word": "possessed"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"word": "possessing"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "possessingly"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "unpossess"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "unpossessed"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "unpossessing"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*pótis"
},
"expansion": "*pótis",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "pótis"
},
"expansion": "PIE word\n *pótis",
"name": "PIE word"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sed-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "possessen",
"t": "to have, own; to obtain possession of; to inhabit, occupy"
},
"expansion": "Middle English possessen (“to have, own; to obtain possession of; to inhabit, occupy”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "posses, possess, possesse",
"otherforms": "1"
},
"expansion": "[and other forms]",
"name": "nb..."
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "possesser"
},
"expansion": "Middle French possesser",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "possessier"
},
"expansion": "possessier",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "possesser"
},
"expansion": "Old French possesser",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "possessier",
"t": "to have, own, possess; to dominate"
},
"expansion": "possessier (“to have, own, possess; to dominate”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "possessus",
"t": "possessed; seized"
},
"expansion": "Latin possessus (“possessed; seized”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "perfect"
},
"expansion": "perfect",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "passive"
},
"expansion": "passive",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "participle"
},
"expansion": "participle",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "possideō",
"t": "to have, hold, own, possess; to have possessions; to take control or possession of, occupy, seize; to abide, inhabit, occupy; to dominate"
},
"expansion": "possideō (“to have, hold, own, possess; to have possessions; to take control or possession of, occupy, seize; to abide, inhabit, occupy; to dominate”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "potis",
"t": "able, capable, possible"
},
"expansion": "potis (“able, capable, possible”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*pótis",
"t": "master; ruler; husband"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“master; ruler; husband”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "sedeō",
"t": "to sit; to be seated; to be established, hold firm"
},
"expansion": "sedeō (“to sit; to be seated; to be established, hold firm”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sed-",
"t": "to sit"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "PIE word\n *pótis\nFrom Middle English possessen (“to have, own; to obtain possession of; to inhabit, occupy”) [and other forms], from Middle French possesser, possessier, Old French possesser, possessier (“to have, own, possess; to dominate”), from Latin possessus (“possessed; seized”), the perfect passive participle of possideō (“to have, hold, own, possess; to have possessions; to take control or possession of, occupy, seize; to abide, inhabit, occupy; to dominate”), from potis (“able, capable, possible”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“master; ruler; husband”)) + sedeō (“to sit; to be seated; to be established, hold firm”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”)).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "possesses",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "possessing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "possessed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "possessed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "en-conj-simple",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "possess",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "possess (third-person singular simple present possesses, present participle possessing, simple past and past participle possessed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"po‧ssess"
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"past_ptc2": "possest, possesst",
"past_ptc2_qual": "obsolete"
},
"name": "en-conj-simple"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dispossess"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "dispossessed"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dispossessee"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dispossession"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dispossessive"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dispossessor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dispossessory"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "possession"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "possessional"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "possessionary"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "possessionate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "possessioned"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "possessioner"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "possessionist"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "possessionistic"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "possessionless"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "possessival"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "possessive"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "possessively"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "possessiveness"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "possessor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"dated",
"rare"
],
"word": "possessoress"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "possessorial"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "possessorship"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "possessory"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "unpossessable"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "unpossessive"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:possess",
"word": "property"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He does not even possess a working telephone.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, London: The Bodley Head, →OCLC",
"text": "He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1951 September, B. D. J. Walsh, “The Sudbury and Haverhill Line, Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 619",
"text": "Here the line is joined by the Colne Valley branch, and both tracks are carried into Haverhill station upon a high embankment from which the town can be seen on the south side. The twin tracks, after traversing a scissors crossover, become the down and up roads through the station, which possesses an extensive goods yard.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own."
],
"id": "en-possess-en-verb-y3Ylraaw",
"links": [
[
"have",
"have#Verb"
],
[
"owner",
"owner"
],
[
"own",
"own#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "inhold"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "malaka",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "مَلَكَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "imtalaka",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "اِمْتَلَكَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tamallaka",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "تَمَلَّكَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥāza",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "حَازَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tirapetel",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "տիրապետել"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "unenal",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "ունենալ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "malik *imək"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "valódacʹ",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вало́даць"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "perc'hennañ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vladéja",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "владе́я"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pritežávam",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "притежа́вам"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "posseir"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bàoyǒu",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "抱有"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jùbèi",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "具备"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jùyǒu",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "具有"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suǒyǒu",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "所有"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "具備"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "擁有"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yōngyǒu",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "拥有"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "vlastnit"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "besidde"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "eje"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "bezitten"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "eo",
"english": "own",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "posedi"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "eo",
"english": "have",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "havi"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "olla"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"english": "a quality",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "omata"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "omistaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "posséder"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "posuír"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "ter"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "plobs",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "ფლობს"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "besitzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "aigan",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "disniman",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diathéto",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "διαθέτω"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "écho",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "έχω"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katécho",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "κατέχω"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kéktēmai",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "κέκτημαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "bír"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "birtokol"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "rendelkezik"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "van"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "bí + object + ag + subject (literally “object is at subject”)",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "techtaid"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "possedere"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "avere"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"alt": "せんゆうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "senyū suru",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "占有する"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"alt": "しょじする, shoji suru",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "所持する"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"alt": "しょゆうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shoyū suru",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "所有する"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "miən",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "មាន"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ciə mcah",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "ជាម្ចាស់"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sojihada",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "소지하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "soyuhada",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "소유하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "possideō"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "habeō"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "teneō"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "poseduva",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "поседува"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "besitte"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "eie"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "inneha"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "vladěti",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "владѣти"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "voloděti",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "володѣти"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "āgan"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "āgnian"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "besittan"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dâštan",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "داشتن"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "posiadać"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "possuir"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "ter"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "poseda"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "avea"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "deține"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obladátʹ",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "облада́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vladétʹ",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "владе́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "imétʹ",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "име́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "īṣṭe",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "ईष्टे"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "по́седовати"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "по́сједовати"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pósedovati"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pósjedovati"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "vlastniť"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "posedovati"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "poseer"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "äga"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "besitta"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "inneha"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "mag-ari"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "krɔ̂ɔp-krɔɔng",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "ครอบครอง"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "malik olmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "sahip olmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "volodíty",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "володі́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "sở hữu"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "meddu"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0",
"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "miz"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Of an idea, thought, etc.: to dominate (someone's mind); to strongly influence."
],
"id": "en-possess-en-verb-qsy5MY4W",
"links": [
[
"idea",
"idea"
],
[
"thought",
"thought#Noun"
],
[
"dominate",
"dominate"
],
[
"mind",
"mind#Noun"
],
[
"strongly",
"strongly"
],
[
"influence",
"influence#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"Of an idea, thought, etc.: to dominate (someone's mind); to strongly influence."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 3 15 3 4 3 1 2 19 12 1 11 1 19 2 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "They thought he was possessed by evil spirits.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2018 December 31, Paula Chao, “God of Earth welcomes the Matsu pilgrimage in person?”, in Radio Taiwan International, archived from the original on 2023-09-23",
"text": "But when an older man approaches her to pay his respects, something unusual happens. He begins shaking violently, stroking an invisible beard and laughing out loud.\nSecurity camera footage shows the man running into the temple, leaving behind his shoes. Worshippers say that the man may have been possessed by the God of the Earth, who is often portrayed with a long beard. Some say that the god was using the old man to welcome Matsu.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person's body or mind)."
],
"id": "en-possess-en-verb-8~9yOp89",
"links": [
[
"supernatural",
"supernatural"
],
[
"entity",
"entity"
],
[
"regarded",
"regard#Verb"
],
[
"evil",
"evil#Adjective"
],
[
"take control",
"take control"
],
[
"animal",
"animal"
],
[
"person",
"person"
],
[
"body",
"body"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"Of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person's body or mind)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obsebvam",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "обсебвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zavladjavam",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "завладявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "posseir"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fùshēn",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "附身"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "posednout"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "besætte"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "bezit nemen van"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "ottaa valtaansa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "riivata"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "posséder"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "s’emparer de"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "besitzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "hatalmába kerít"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "megszáll"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "possedere"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"alt": "しはいする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shihai suru",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "支配する"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"alt": "とりつく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "toritsuku",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "取り憑く"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "teneo"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "swb",
"lang": "Maore Comorian",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "uhea"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of a spirit",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "uru"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "opętać"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "possuir"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "poseer"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "sumanib"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "āvēśiñcu",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "ఆవేశించు"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 66 7 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sǐng",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "สิง"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Of a person: to control or dominate (oneself or someone, or one's own or someone's heart, mind, etc.)."
],
"id": "en-possess-en-verb-LayVQemD",
"links": [
[
"poetic",
"poetic"
],
[
"control",
"control#Verb"
],
[
"heart",
"heart#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(also reflexive, chiefly literary and poetic) Of a person: to control or dominate (oneself or someone, or one's own or someone's heart, mind, etc.)."
],
"tags": [
"also",
"literary",
"poetic",
"reflexive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Of a person: to control or dominate (oneself or someone, or one's own or someone's heart, mind, etc.).",
"To dominate (a person) sexually; to have sexual intercourse with (a person)."
],
"id": "en-possess-en-verb-TSuhxYe3",
"links": [
[
"poetic",
"poetic"
],
[
"control",
"control#Verb"
],
[
"heart",
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"ref": "1951 September, B. D. J. Walsh, “The Sudbury and Haverhill Line, Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 619",
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"text": "But when an older man approaches her to pay his respects, something unusual happens. He begins shaking violently, stroking an invisible beard and laughing out loud.\nSecurity camera footage shows the man running into the temple, leaving behind his shoes. Worshippers say that the man may have been possessed by the God of the Earth, who is often portrayed with a long beard. Some say that the god was using the old man to welcome Matsu.",
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{
"text": "What on earth possessed you to go walking by the quarry at midnight?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cause an idea, thought, etc., to strongly affect or influence (someone); to inspire, to preoccupy."
],
"links": [
[
"cause",
"cause#Verb"
],
[
"affect",
"affect#Verb"
],
[
"inspire",
"inspire"
],
[
"preoccupy",
"preoccupy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(archaic)",
"To cause an idea, thought, etc., to strongly affect or influence (someone); to inspire, to preoccupy."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To occupy the attention or time of (someone)."
],
"links": [
[
"occupy",
"occupy"
],
[
"attention",
"attention"
],
[
"time",
"time#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(archaic)",
"To occupy the attention or time of (someone)."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English literary terms",
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To obtain or seize (something); to gain, to win."
],
"links": [
[
"obtain",
"obtain"
],
[
"seize",
"seize"
],
[
"gain",
"gain#Verb"
],
[
"win",
"win#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(archaic)",
"(also literary) To obtain or seize (something); to gain, to win."
],
"tags": [
"also",
"archaic",
"literary",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "dispossess"
},
{
"word": "unpossess"
}
],
"categories": [
"English reflexive verbs",
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"Chiefly followed by of or with: to vest ownership of something in (oneself or someone); to bestow upon, to endow."
],
"links": [
[
"of",
"of"
],
[
"with",
"with"
],
[
"vest",
"vest#Verb"
],
[
"ownership",
"ownership"
],
[
"bestow",
"bestow"
],
[
"endow",
"endow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(archaic)",
"(also reflexive) Chiefly followed by of or with: to vest ownership of something in (oneself or someone); to bestow upon, to endow."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "seise"
}
],
"tags": [
"also",
"archaic",
"reflexive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Law"
],
"glosses": [
"To have control or possession of, but not to own (a chattel or an interest in land)."
],
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"control",
"control#Noun"
],
[
"possession",
"possession"
],
[
"chattel",
"chattel"
],
[
"interest",
"interest#Noun"
],
[
"land",
"land#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(law) To have control or possession of, but not to own (a chattel or an interest in land)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To give (someone) information or knowledge; to acquaint, to inform."
],
"links": [
[
"give",
"give#Verb"
],
[
"information",
"information"
],
[
"knowledge",
"knowledge"
],
[
"acquaint",
"acquaint"
],
[
"inform",
"inform"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(obsolete)",
"To give (someone) information or knowledge; to acquaint, to inform."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To have the ability to use, or knowledge of (a language, a skill, etc.)"
],
"links": [
[
"ability",
"ability"
],
[
"use",
"use#Verb"
],
[
"language",
"language"
],
[
"skill",
"skill#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(obsolete)",
"To have the ability to use, or knowledge of (a language, a skill, etc.)"
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To inhabit or occupy (a place)."
],
"links": [
[
"inhabit",
"inhabit"
],
[
"place",
"place#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(obsolete)",
"To inhabit or occupy (a place)."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"Chiefly followed by that: to convince or persuade (someone)."
],
"links": [
[
"that",
"that"
],
[
"convince",
"convince"
],
[
"persuade",
"persuade"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(obsolete)",
"Chiefly followed by that: to convince or persuade (someone)."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To dominate sexually; to have sexual intercourse with."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive)",
"To dominate sexually; to have sexual intercourse with."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To inhabit or occupy a place."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive)",
"To inhabit or occupy a place."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pəˈzɛs/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛs"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-possess.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/En-us-possess.ogg/En-us-possess.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/En-us-possess.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:possess",
"word": "have"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:possess",
"word": "hold"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:possess",
"word": "own"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:possess",
"word": "possess"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "malaka",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "مَلَكَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "imtalaka",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "اِمْتَلَكَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tamallaka",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "تَمَلَّكَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥāza",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "حَازَ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tirapetel",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "տիրապետել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "unenal",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "ունենալ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "malik *imək"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "valódacʹ",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вало́даць"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "perc'hennañ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vladéja",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "владе́я"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pritežávam",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "притежа́вам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "posseir"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bàoyǒu",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "抱有"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jùbèi",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "具备"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jùyǒu",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "具有"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suǒyǒu",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "所有"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "具備"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jùbèi",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "具备"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "擁有"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yōngyǒu",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "拥有"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "vlastnit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "besidde"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "eje"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "bezitten"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"english": "own",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "posedi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"english": "have",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "havi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "olla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "a quality",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "omata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "omistaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "posséder"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "posuír"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "ter"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "plobs",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "ფლობს"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "besitzen"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "aigan",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "disniman",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diathéto",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "διαθέτω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "écho",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "έχω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katécho",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "κατέχω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kéktēmai",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "κέκτημαι"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "bír"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "birtokol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "rendelkezik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "van"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "bí + object + ag + subject (literally “object is at subject”)",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "techtaid"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "possedere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "avere"
},
{
"alt": "せんゆうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "senyū suru",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "占有する"
},
{
"alt": "しょじする, shoji suru",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "所持する"
},
{
"alt": "しょゆうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shoyū suru",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "所有する"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "miən",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "មាន"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ciə mcah",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "ជាម្ចាស់"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sojihada",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "소지하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "soyuhada",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "소유하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "possideō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "habeō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "teneō"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "poseduva",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "поседува"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "besitte"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "eie"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "inneha"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "vladěti",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "владѣти"
},
{
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "voloděti",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "володѣти"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "āgan"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "āgnian"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "besittan"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dâštan",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "داشتن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "posiadać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "possuir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "ter"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "poseda"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "avea"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "deține"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obladátʹ",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "облада́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vladétʹ",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "владе́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "imétʹ",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "име́ть"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "īṣṭe",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "ईष्टे"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "по́седовати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "по́сједовати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pósedovati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pósjedovati"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "vlastniť"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "posedovati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "poseer"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "äga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "besitta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "inneha"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "mag-ari"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "krɔ̂ɔp-krɔɔng",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "ครอบครอง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "malik olmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "sahip olmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "volodíty",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "володі́ти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "sở hữu"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "meddu"
},
{
"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"sense": "to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner",
"word": "miz"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obsebvam",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "обсебвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zavladjavam",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "завладявам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "posseir"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fùshēn",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "附身"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "posednout"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "besætte"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "bezit nemen van"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "ottaa valtaansa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "riivata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "posséder"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "s’emparer de"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "besitzen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "hatalmába kerít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "megszáll"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "possedere"
},
{
"alt": "しはいする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shihai suru",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "支配する"
},
{
"alt": "とりつく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "toritsuku",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "取り憑く"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "teneo"
},
{
"code": "swb",
"lang": "Maore Comorian",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "uhea"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of a spirit",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "uru"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "opętać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "possuir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "poseer"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "sumanib"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "āvēśiñcu",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "ఆవేశించు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sǐng",
"sense": "of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind)",
"word": "สิง"
}
],
"word": "possess"
}
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