Posology

po-sol'o-jY, n. (Med.) Science or doctrine of d'>»es. [Gr. posos, how much, and logos, discourse.] Po e , pos-ses' or poz-zes', v. [-se ed f-sest' or -zest'), -SING.] To occupy in person, hold in one's own keeping; to have the legal title to, have a just right to to a ume the control of, be the master of; to obtain po e ion of; to enter into and influence, — said of evil spirits, pa ions, etc.; to acquaint, inform; to have, hold, control, own. [L. po idere, po e ion, to po e ; prob. h.jiotiri, to become master, have command, 2>o e (contr. fr pote e, for pot is e e), to be able, powerful, also a lord, Skr. pat i, a master, lord, husband, Lithuan. husband, Ru . gospode, the Lord, E. father, host.] — Po es's ion, -sesh'un or -zesh'- un, n. Act of po e ing. (Law.) Actual seizin or occupancy ownership, whether rightful or wrongful. That which one owns or controls; state of being po e ed, as by an evil spirit. (International Law.) A country held by no other title than mere conquest. [F. L. j>o e io.] — Po e '- ive, -siv, a. Pert, to po e ion having or expre ing po e ion or some relation of one thing to another. — Po e 'or, -er.w. One who, etc. [L.] — Po e 'ory, -so-rl, a. Relating to a po e or, or to that which is po e ed having po e ion. Po e Comitatus, pos'se-kom'T-ta'tus. (Law.) The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned to a ist an officer in suppre ing a riot, etc. [L. p>o e and LL. comitatus, a county.] — Pos'se, n. Same as preceding also a crowd of Eeople; a rabble. — Pos's ible, -sT-bl, a. Liable to appen or come to pa capable of existing or of being done; barely able to be or to come to pa , but highly improbable practicable likely. [F.; L. po ibilis, f pot is.] — Po ibil'ity, -T-tT, n. Power of being or existing; state of being po ible that which is po ible. [F. po ibility, L. 2J0 ibilitus.] — Pos's ibly, -bli, adv. By any power, moral or physical, really existing; without involving impo ibility or absurdity; perhaps; peradventure; perchance. — Po'tent, a. Physically strong; having great authority, control, or dominion; powerful; mightv; pui ant; able; efficacious; cogent; influential. [L. potens, p. pr. of po e.] — Po'tency, -ten-si, n. State of being potent; strength; might; energy. [L. potent i a.] — Poten'tial, -shal, a. Existing in po ibil- — ity, not in act. [F. potential, L. potential is.] Potential mode. (Gram.) That form of the verb used to expre the power, po ibility, liberty, or nece ity of an action or of being. — Po'tentate, -ten-tat, n. One who potent a prince sovereign emperor, king, or monarch. [F. potent at, LL. potentate.]— Pui ant, pu'is or pu-is's ant, a. Powerful strong mighty forcible. [F. pui ant, — po ente, barbarous L. po ens, for potens.] Pui ance, -sans, n. Power; strength; might. [F.] — Pui antly, adv. — Pow'er, n. Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; faculty of performing; strength, force, or energy in action; capacity of undergoing or suffering; susceptibility; exercise of a faculty or of any kind of control; influence; command; an individual, institution, or government, which exercises control military or naval force army or navy. (JIath.) The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself. Qlech.) A mechanical agent; that by means of which force applied, or mechanical advantage is gained. (Optics.) The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies. (Law.) An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or another person. [ME. and OF. po'er, also OF. pooir, povoir, Sp. poder, It. potere, power. It. and LL. potere = L. po e, to be able.]— Pow'erful, -ful, a. Mighty; strong; potent; intense. — Pow'erfully, adv. — Pow'erle , n. Destitute of, etc. weak impotent. — Pow'er-loom, n. A loom worked by water, steam, etc. —pre , n. A printing pre worked by some mechanical power.