v. 25B6; verb
the only hat she possessed : OWN, have (to one's name), hold.
he did not possess a sense of humour : HAVE, be blessed with, be endowed with; enjoy, boast.
a supernatural force possessed him : TAKE CONTROL OF, take over, control, dominate, influence; bewitch, enchant, enthral.
she was possessed by a need to talk to him : OBSESS, haunt, preoccupy, consume; eat someone up, prey on one's mind.
25A0; possess oneself of ACQUIRE, obtain, get (hold of), procure, get one's hands on; take, seize; informal get one's mitts on.