OBSESS


Meaning of OBSESS in English

I. əbˈses, äb- transitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-es )

Etymology: Latin obsessus, past participle of obsidēre to sit at, possess, besiege, from ob- toward, against, over + sedēre to sit — more at ob- , sit

1. obsolete : besiege , invest

2.

a. archaic : haunt , possess , beset

b. : to occupy an undue or disproportionate place in the mind of : trouble continuously in mind

he was obsessed by details

II. verb

intransitive verb

: to engage in obsessive thinking : become obsessed with an idea

they'll spend hours … obsessing about how awful we were — Marie Winn

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.