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Possession   /pəzˈɛʃən/   Listen
Possession

noun
1.
The act of having and controlling property.  Synonym: ownership.
2.
Anything owned or possessed.
3.
Being controlled by passion or the supernatural.
4.
A mania restricted to one thing or idea.  Synonym: monomania.
5.
A territory that is controlled by a ruling state.
6.
The trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior.  Synonyms: self-command, self-control, self-possession, self-will, will power, willpower.
7.
(sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck).



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"Possession" Quotes from Famous Books



... A mere accident put me in possession of the facts, and, thank Heaven, I am able to build two and two together. You were frank enough, Doctor Craig, to give me certain particulars concerning that creature's plotting, and that confidence has ...
— Miss Caprice • St. George Rathborne
... often see among savages and among birds the favors of the female obtained by assiduous courtship rather than by combat. In some savage tribes struggles take place between the females for possession of the male. However, it is usually coquetry in all its degrees which furnishes woman with the basis for her advances. In many nations, if not in most, women have the right to refuse a demand ...
— The Sexual Question - A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study • August Forel
... considerable part of his property. At any rate, it so chanced, that, instead of commanding me to the desk, as I fully expected, having intimated my willingness to comply with his wishes, however they might destine me, I received his directions to go down to Osbaldistone Hall, and take possession of it as the heir and representative of the family. I was directed to apply to Squire Inglewood for the copy of my uncle's will deposited with him, and take all necessary measures to secure that possession which sages say makes nine points ...
— Rob Roy, Complete, Illustrated • Sir Walter Scott
... other hand, the remainder-man would have no right to meddle with the property while the tenant-for-life was in possession; and it would be rare, that all those interested could agree to unite in efforts to increase the general value of the ...
— Farm drainage • Henry Flagg French
... ever held her ears so wide open. But I could hear nothing but a murmur of angry argument from the Countess and a murmur of gentle objection from Lady Mary. I was in possession of an ideal place from which to overhear conversation. Almost every important conversation ever held had been overheard from a position of this kind. It seemed unfair that I, of all men in literature, should be denied this casual ...
— The O'Ruddy - A Romance • Stephen Crane


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