Definitions for "Possess"
Keywords:  terrible, rage, passions, evil, enter
To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to fill; to affect; -- said especially of evil spirits, passions, etc.
enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas; "What possessed you to buy this house?"; "A terrible rage possessed her"
Keywords:  ofr, lat, florida, own, hold
To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.
To have the legal title to; to have a just right to; to be master of; to own; to have; as, to possess property, an estate, a book.
( tr) to own 2. to take hold of (someone) - possession [OFr possesser, from Lat possessio, possession
To put in possession; to make the owner or holder of property, power, knowledge, etc.; to acquaint; to inform; -- followed by of or with before the thing possessed, and now commonly used reflexively.
To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to gain; to seize.
Keywords:  east, skill, great, middle, attribute
have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East"