Possessed vs Possesses - What's the difference?
possessed | possesses |
(possess)
by evil spirits.
Seized by powerful emotions.
* 1719 , :
Having; owning.
*1854 , Dickens, Hard Times :
*:'Girl number twenty unable to define a horse!' said Mr Gradgrind, for the general behoof of all the little pitchers. 'Girl number twenty possessed of no facts, in reference to one of the commonest of animals!'
(possess)
To have; to have ownership of.
* 1818 , (Mary Shelley), (Frankenstein) , Volume 3, Chapter 7:
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1 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) ,
* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Twelfth Night) , II, 3
As verbs the difference between possessed and possesses
is that possessed is past tense of possess while possesses is third-person singular of possess.As an adjective possessed
is controlled by evil spirits.possessed
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(wikipedia possessed)Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- He was exorcised because he was thought to be possessed by the Devil.
- Oh, what ridiculous resolutions men take when possessed with fear!
- The president was possessed of great wealth.
Derived terms
* self-possessedpossesses
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(head)possess
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(es)- [...], the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds, which hardly any later friend can obtain.
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- 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;
- [Sir Toby Belch] Possess' us, '''possess' us ; tell us something of him.