(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ something, you have it or own it.
He was then arrested and charged with ~ing an offensive weapon...
He is said to ~ a fortune of more than two-and-a-half-thousand million dollars.
VERB: no passive, V n, V n
2.
If someone or something ~es a particular quality, ability, or feature, they have it. (FORMAL)
...individuals who are deemed to ~ the qualities of sense, loyalty and discretion...
VERB: no cont, V n
3.
see also ~ed
4.
If you ask what ~ed someone to do something, you are emphasizing your great surprise that they have done something which you consider foolish or dangerous.
What on earth had ~ed her to agree to marry him?
PHRASE: V inflects feelings