'Possession' definitions:

Definition of 'possession'

From: WordNet
noun
The act of having and controlling property [syn: possession, ownership]
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Anything owned or possessed
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Being controlled by passion or the supernatural
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A mania restricted to one thing or idea [syn: monomania, possession]
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A territory that is controlled by a ruling state
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The trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior [syn: self-control, self-possession, possession, willpower, will power, self-command, self-will]
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(sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck); "they took possession of the ball on their own goal line"

Definition of 'Possession'

From: GCIDE
  • Possession \Pos*ses"sion\, v. t. To invest with property. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Possession'

From: GCIDE
  • Possession \Pos*ses"sion\, n. [F. possession, L. possessio.]
  • 1. The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Law) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Possession may be either actual or constructive; actual, when a party has the immediate occupancy; constructive, when he has only the right to such occupancy. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions. [1913 Webster]
  • When the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. --Matt. xix. 22. [1913 Webster]
  • Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. --Acts v. 1. [1913 Webster]
  • The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. --Ob. 17. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession. [1913 Webster]
  • How long hath this possession held the man? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • To give possession, to put in another's power or occupancy.
  • To put in possession. (a) To invest with ownership or occupancy; to provide or furnish with; as, to put one in possession of facts or information. (b) (Law) To place one in charge of property recovered in ejectment or writ of entry.
  • To take possession, to enter upon, or to bring within one's power or occupancy.
  • Writ of possession (Law), a precept directing a sheriff to put a person in peaceable possession of property recovered in ejectment or writ of entry. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'possession'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Possession'