present participle of possess

Of or pertaining to ownership or possession. / (grammar) Indicating ownership, possession, origin, etc. / Unwilling to yield possession of.

(grammar) The possessive case. / (grammar) A word used to indicate the possessive case.

Control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights. / Something that is owned. / Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own.

(obsolete) To invest with property.

To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own. / Of an idea, thought, etc.: to dominate (someone's mind); to strongly influence.

simple past tense and past participle of possess

controlled by evil spirits. / Seized by powerful emotions. / (not comparable) Followed by of: having; owning.

plural of possession

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of possess