xix. 22.
Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession.
Acts v. 1.
The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
Ob. 17. 4. The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as,
demoniacal possession.
How long hath this possession held the man?
Shak. 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.
Possession
(Pos*ses"sion), v. t. To invest with property. [Obs.]
Possessionary
(Pos*ses"sion*a*ry) a. Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession.
Possessioner
(Pos*ses"sion*er) n.
1. A possessor; a property holder. [Obs.] "Possessioners of riches." E. Hall.
Having been of old freemen and possessioners.
Sir P. Sidney. 2. An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings,
etc., as contrasted with mendicant friars. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Possessival
(Pos`ses*si"val) a. Of or pertaining to the possessive case; as, a possessival termination.
Earle.
Possessive
(Pos*sess"ive) a. [L. possessivus: cf. F. possessif.] Of or pertaining to possession; having
or indicating possession.
Possessive case (Eng. Gram.),
the genitive case; the case of nouns and pronouns which expresses
ownership, origin, or some possessive relation of one thing to another; as, Homer's admirers; the pear's
flavor; the dog's faithfulness. — Possessive pronoun, a pronoun denoting ownership; as, his name;
her home; my book.
Possessive
(Pos*sess"ive) n.
1. (Gram.) The possessive case.
2. (Gram.) A possessive pronoun, or a word in the possessive case.
Possessively
(Pos*sess"ive*ly), adv. In a possessive manner.
Possessor
(Pos*sess"or) n. [L.: cf. F. possesseur.] One who possesses; one who occupies, holds,
owns, or controls; one who has actual participation or enjoyment, generally of that which is desirable; a
proprietor. "Possessors of eternal glory." Law.
As if he had been possessor of the whole world.
Sharp. Syn. — Owner; proprietor; master; holder; occupant.