Possess

pos-ses' or poz-zes', v. t. [-se ed (-sesf or but -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 acdiquaint, inform; to have, hold, control, own. — 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. — 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. — Pos's ible, -si-bl, a. Liable to happen 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.; — Po ibil'ity, -T-tT, n. Power of being or existing; state of being po ible; that which is po ible. — Pos's ibly, -blY, 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; mighty; pui ant; able; efficacious; cogent; influential.— Po'tency, -ten-sT, n. State of being potent; strength; might; energy. — Poten'tial, -shal, a. Existing in po ibility, not in act. — Po'tentate, -ten-; end, eve, tgrm; In, Ice; Sdd, tone, 6r; ■ tat, n. One who is potent; a prince; sovereign emperor, king, or monarch. — Pui ant, pu'ispu-is's ant, a. Powerful; strong; mighty; forcible. — n. Power; strength; might. — Pow'er, n. Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; faculty of forming strength, f 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. (Math.) The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself. (Mech.) A mechanical agent; that by means of which force is applied, or mechanical advantage is gained. (Optics.) The degree to which a lens, mirror, any optical instrument, magnifies. (Law.) An thority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or another person. — Pow'erful, -ful, a. Mighty; strong; potent; intense. Pow'erle , n. Destitute of, etc.; weak; impotent. 321