possessとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /pəˈzɛs/
• 韻: -ɛs

動詞

possess (三人称単数 現在形 possesses, 現在分詞 possessing, 過去形および過去分詞形 possessed)

1. (transitive) To have; to have ownership of.

   He does not even possess a working telephone.

   • 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.

   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest‎^[1]:

     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.

2. (transitive) To take control of someone's body or mind, especially in a supernatural manner.

   They thought he was possessed by evil spirits.

   What on earth possessed you to go walking by the quarry at midnight?

3. (transitive, dated, chiefly with of) To vest ownership in (someone, または oneself); to give someone power or knowledge; to acquaint; to inform.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 5 Scene 1

     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;

   • Shakespeare (1599) Twelfth Night, Act II Scene III

同意語

• ((with of), to vest ownership): seise
• (qualities または characteristics): inhold