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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : puh-zest |
| Phonetic Transcription : pəˈzɛst |
Definition of possessed
Origin :- "controlled by an indwelling demon," 1530s, past participle adjective from possess (v.).
- adj bewitched; under a spell
- If Robert possessed his acknowledgment he would have no defense to make.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- They possessed a system of writing of their own which they thought vastly superior.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- In the beginning each little village had possessed a god of its own.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- They possessed no watches but they measured time by the shadow of the sun-dial.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- He distrusted his eyes, his ears, and every sense that he possessed.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Yet he is not possessed of the civil rights which citizenship should carry with it.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- For further assets, he possessed one eye and a twisted smile.
- Extract from : « A Night Out » by Edward Peple
- He was handsome and possessed a most intelligent and expressive countenance.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- He even thinks that, even if she possessed Constantinople, she could not long retain it.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- That at least is his, notwithstanding the millions he might have possessed if he had only known how to acquire them.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
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