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possess | n |

As a verb possess

is to have; to have ownership of.

As a letter n is

the letter n with a tilde.

possess

English

Verb

(es)
  • To have; to have ownership of.
  • * 1818 , (Mary Shelley), (Frankenstein) , Volume 3, Chapter 7:
  • [...], the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds, which hardly any later friend can obtain.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
  • , chapter=1 citation , passage=He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.}}
  • To take control of someone's body or mind, especially in a supernatural manner.
  • To vest ownership in (someone); to give someone power or knowledge; to acquaint; to inform.
  • * 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) ,
  • LEONATO. I cannot bid you bid my daughter live;
    That were impossible; but, I pray you both,
    Possess the people in Messina here
    How innocent she died;
  • * 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Twelfth Night) , II, 3
  • [Sir Toby Belch] Possess' us, '''possess' us ; tell us something of him.

    Quotations

    *

    Synonyms

    * seise * (qualities or characteristics) inhold

    n

    Translingual

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    Letter

  • The fourteenth letter of the .
  • #
  • #
  • Synonyms

    *

    See also

    (Latn-script) * Preceded by apostrophe: 'n * Hiragana]]: [[? * (no) {{Letter , page=N , NATO=November , Morse=–· , Character=N , Braille=? }} Image:Latin N.png, Capital and lowercase versions of N , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter N.png, Uppercase and lowercase N in Fraktur

    Symbol

    (head)
  • alveolar nasal.
  • Sample size.
  • neutron
  • An arbitrary natural number.