possessed
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəˈzɛst/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛst
- Hyphenation: pos‧sessed
Verb
possessed
- simple past tense and past participle of possess
Adjective
possessed (comparative more possessed, superlative most possessed)
- controlled by evil spirits.
- He was exorcised because he was thought to be possessed by the Devil.
- Seized by powerful emotions.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe:
- Oh, what ridiculous resolutions men take when possessed with fear!
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe:
- (construed with of, not comparable) Having; owning.
- The president was possessed of great wealth.
- 1854, Dickens, Hard Times:
- 'Girl number twenty unable to define a horse!' said Mr Gradgrind, for the general behoof of all the little pitchers. 'Girl number twenty possessed of no facts, in reference to one of the commonest of animals!'
Derived terms
- self-possessed
Translations
controlled by evil spirits
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owning something