S vs Possess - What's the difference?
s | possess |
The nineteenth letter of the .
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
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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 a letter s
is the letter s with a.As a verb possess is
to have; to have ownership of.s
Translingual
{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)Letter
Symbol
(wikipedia) (mul-symbol)See also
(Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }}possess
English
Verb
(es)- [...], the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds, which hardly any later friend can obtain.
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.}}
- 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.