possessとは

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.

3. (transitive, dated, chiefly with of) To vest ownership in (someone); 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