vt to occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.
2. possess ·vt to obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to gain; to seize.
3. possess ·vt to enter into and influence; to control the will of; to fill; to affect;
said especially of evil spirits, passions, ·etc.
4. possess ·vt to have the legal title to; to have a just right to; to be master of; to own; to have; as, to possess property, an estate, a book.
5. possess ·vt to put in possession; to make the owner or holder of property, power, knowledge, ·etc.; to acquaint; to inform;
followed by of or with before the thing possessed, and now commonly used reflexively.