1. (n.) The state of holding as one's own.

2. (n.) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizing or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.

3. (n.) The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.

4. (n.) The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession.

5. (v. t.) To invest with property.

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