Possession

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1. Noun

The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.

2. Noun

The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.

3. Noun

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

4. Noun

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

5. Verb

To invest with property.

6. Noun

the act of having and controlling property
Vocabulary classified under Law

7. Noun

being controlled by passion or the supernatural
Vocabulary classified under Psychology
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