possess

Etymology
From, from , , , , from , the   of , from  (from ) +  (ultimately from ).

Verb

 * 1) To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own.
 * 2) Of an idea, thought, etc.: to dominate (someone's mind); to strongly influence.
 * 3) Of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person's body or mind).
 * 4)  Of a person: to control or dominate (oneself or someone, or one's own or someone's heart, mind, etc.).
 * 5) To dominate (a person) sexually; to have sexual intercourse with (a person).
 * 6) To cause an idea, thought, etc., to strongly affect or influence (someone); to inspire, to preoccupy.
 * 7) To occupy the attention or time of (someone).
 * 8)  To obtain or seize (something); to gain, to win.
 * 9)  Chiefly followed by of or with: to vest ownership of something in (oneself or someone); to bestow upon, to endow.
 * 10)  To have control or possession of, but not to own (a chattel or an interest in land).
 * 11) To give (someone) information or knowledge; to acquaint, to inform.
 * 12) To have the ability to use, or knowledge of (a language, a skill, etc.)
 * 13) To inhabit or occupy (a place).
 * 14) Chiefly followed by that: to convince or persuade (someone).
 * 15) To dominate sexually; to have sexual intercourse with.
 * 16) To inhabit or occupy a place.
 * 1)  Of a person: to control or dominate (oneself or someone, or one's own or someone's heart, mind, etc.).
 * 2) To dominate (a person) sexually; to have sexual intercourse with (a person).
 * 3) To cause an idea, thought, etc., to strongly affect or influence (someone); to inspire, to preoccupy.
 * 4) To occupy the attention or time of (someone).
 * 5)  To obtain or seize (something); to gain, to win.
 * 6)  Chiefly followed by of or with: to vest ownership of something in (oneself or someone); to bestow upon, to endow.
 * 7)  To have control or possession of, but not to own (a chattel or an interest in land).
 * 8) To give (someone) information or knowledge; to acquaint, to inform.
 * 9) To have the ability to use, or knowledge of (a language, a skill, etc.)
 * 10) To inhabit or occupy (a place).
 * 11) Chiefly followed by that: to convince or persuade (someone).
 * 12) To dominate sexually; to have sexual intercourse with.
 * 13) To inhabit or occupy a place.
 * 1) To cause an idea, thought, etc., to strongly affect or influence (someone); to inspire, to preoccupy.
 * 2) To occupy the attention or time of (someone).
 * 3)  To obtain or seize (something); to gain, to win.
 * 4)  Chiefly followed by of or with: to vest ownership of something in (oneself or someone); to bestow upon, to endow.
 * 5)  To have control or possession of, but not to own (a chattel or an interest in land).
 * 6) To give (someone) information or knowledge; to acquaint, to inform.
 * 7) To have the ability to use, or knowledge of (a language, a skill, etc.)
 * 8) To inhabit or occupy (a place).
 * 9) Chiefly followed by that: to convince or persuade (someone).
 * 10) To dominate sexually; to have sexual intercourse with.
 * 11) To inhabit or occupy a place.
 * 1) To occupy the attention or time of (someone).
 * 2)  To obtain or seize (something); to gain, to win.
 * 3)  Chiefly followed by of or with: to vest ownership of something in (oneself or someone); to bestow upon, to endow.
 * 4)  To have control or possession of, but not to own (a chattel or an interest in land).
 * 5) To give (someone) information or knowledge; to acquaint, to inform.
 * 6) To have the ability to use, or knowledge of (a language, a skill, etc.)
 * 7) To inhabit or occupy (a place).
 * 8) Chiefly followed by that: to convince or persuade (someone).
 * 9) To dominate sexually; to have sexual intercourse with.
 * 10) To inhabit or occupy a place.
 * 1)  To have control or possession of, but not to own (a chattel or an interest in land).
 * 2) To give (someone) information or knowledge; to acquaint, to inform.
 * 3) To have the ability to use, or knowledge of (a language, a skill, etc.)
 * 4) To inhabit or occupy (a place).
 * 5) Chiefly followed by that: to convince or persuade (someone).
 * 6) To dominate sexually; to have sexual intercourse with.
 * 7) To inhabit or occupy a place.
 * 1) To give (someone) information or knowledge; to acquaint, to inform.
 * 2) To have the ability to use, or knowledge of (a language, a skill, etc.)
 * 3) To inhabit or occupy (a place).
 * 4) Chiefly followed by that: to convince or persuade (someone).
 * 5) To dominate sexually; to have sexual intercourse with.
 * 6) To inhabit or occupy a place.
 * 1) To inhabit or occupy (a place).
 * 2) Chiefly followed by that: to convince or persuade (someone).
 * 3) To dominate sexually; to have sexual intercourse with.
 * 4) To inhabit or occupy a place.
 * 1) Chiefly followed by that: to convince or persuade (someone).
 * 2) To dominate sexually; to have sexual intercourse with.
 * 3) To inhabit or occupy a place.
 * 1) To dominate sexually; to have sexual intercourse with.
 * 2) To inhabit or occupy a place.
 * 1) To dominate sexually; to have sexual intercourse with.
 * 2) To inhabit or occupy a place.

Translations

 * Arabic:, اِمْتَلَكَ, تَمَلَّكَ, حَازَ
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani: malik *imək
 * Belarusian: вало́даць
 * Breton: perc'hennañ
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , , ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: besidde,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: ფლობს
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽, 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: κέκτημαι
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Irish: bí + object + ag + subject
 * Old Irish: techtaid
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Khmer:, ជាម្ចាស់
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin: possideō, ,
 * Macedonian: поседува
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, , inneha
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: владѣти
 * Old East Slavic: володѣти
 * Old English:, āgnian, besittan
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sanskrit: ईष्टे
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: по́седовати, по́сједовати
 * Roman: pósedovati,
 * Slovak: vlastniť
 * Slovene: posedovati
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: mag-ari
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: володі́ти
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * Zhuang: miz


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: posednout
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: bezit nemen van
 * Finnish: ottaa valtaansa,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin:
 * Maore Comorian: hea
 * Maori: uru
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: sumanib
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:


 * Dutch:
 * Italian:
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Swedish: