possessed 音标拼音: [pəz'ɛst]
a . 着魔的;疯狂的;沉着的
着魔的;疯狂的;沈着的
possessed adj 1 :
influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion ; "
by love possessed " [
synonym : {
obsessed },
{
possessed (
p )}]
2 :
frenzied as if possessed by a demon ; "
the soldier was completely amuck "; "
berserk with grief "; "
a berserk worker smashing windows " [
synonym : {
amuck }, {
amok }, {
berserk },
{
demoniac }, {
demoniacal }, {
possessed (
p )}]
Possess \
Pos *
sess "\ (?;
277 ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Possessed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Possessing }.] [
L .
possessus ,
p .
p .
of possidere to have ,
possess ,
from an inseparable prep . (
cf .
{
Position })
sedere to sit .
See {
Sit }.]
1 .
To occupy in person ;
to hold or actually have in one '
s own keeping ;
to have and to hold .
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Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land . --
Jer .
xxxii .
15 .
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Yet beauty ,
though injurious ,
hath strange power ,
After offense returning ,
to regain Love once possessed . --
Milton .
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2 .
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 .
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I am yours ,
and all that I possess . --
Shak .
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3 .
To obtain occupation or possession of ;
to accomplish ;
to gain ;
to seize .
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How . . .
to possess the purpose they desired .
--
Spenser .
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4 .
To enter into and influence ;
to control the will of ;
to fill ;
to affect ; --
said especially of evil spirits ,
passions ,
etc . "
Weakness possesseth me ." --
Shak .
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Those which were possessed with devils . --
Matt .
iv .
24 .
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For ten inspired ,
ten thousand are possessed .
--
Roscommon .
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5 .
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 .
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I have possessed your grace of what I purpose .
--
Shak .
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Record a gift . . .
of all he dies possessed Unto his son . --
Shak .
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We possessed our selves of the kingdom of Naples .
--
Addison .
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To possess our minds with an habitual good intention . --
Addison .
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Syn :
To have ;
hold ;
occupy ;
control ;
own .
Usage : {
Possess }, {
Have }.
Have is the more general word .
To possess denotes to have as a property .
It usually implies more permanence or definiteness of control or ownership than is involved in having .
A man does not possess his wife and children :
they are (
so to speak )
part of himself .
For the same reason ,
we have the faculties of reason ,
understanding ,
will ,
sound judgment ,
etc .:
they are exercises of the mind ,
not possessions .
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126 Moby Thesaurus words for "
possessed ":
abandoned ,
amok ,
bedeviled ,
bellowing ,
berserk ,
besotted ,
bewitched ,
bursting with happiness ,
by one ,
carried away ,
collected ,
composed ,
consumed ,
controlled ,
crazed ,
delirious ,
demented ,
demoniac ,
demonized ,
devil -
ridden ,
distracted ,
dominated ,
driven ,
easy ,
eaten up ,
ecstatic ,
elate ,
elated ,
enchanted ,
enraptured ,
enravished ,
entranced ,
exalted ,
exultant ,
feral ,
ferocious ,
fierce ,
fixated ,
flushed ,
frantic ,
freaked out ,
free and clear ,
frenzied ,
fulminating ,
furious ,
ghost -
haunted ,
ghost -
ridden ,
gripped ,
hag -
ridden ,
haggard ,
haunted ,
held ,
high ,
hog -
wild ,
howling ,
hung -
up ,
hysterical ,
imparadised ,
in a transport ,
in ecstasies ,
in fee ,
in fee simple ,
in hand ,
in heaven ,
in hysterics ,
in paradise ,
in raptures ,
in seisin ,
in seventh heaven ,
in stock ,
in store ,
infatuated ,
intoxicated ,
jubilant ,
mad ,
maddened ,
madding ,
maniac ,
monomaniac ,
monomaniacal ,
obsessed ,
on cloud nine ,
on hand ,
orgasmic ,
orgiastic ,
overjoyed ,
overjoyful ,
own ,
owned ,
pixilated ,
placid ,
poised ,
preoccupied ,
prepossessed ,
pressed ,
rabid ,
raging ,
ramping ,
ranting ,
rapt ,
raptured ,
rapturous ,
raving ,
ravished ,
rhapsodic ,
roaring ,
running mad ,
self -
possessed ,
sent ,
serene ,
specter -
haunted ,
spirit -
haunted ,
spooked ,
spooky ,
storming ,
tranquil ,
transported ,
uncontrollable ,
violent ,
wild ,
wild -
eyed ,
wild -
looking ,
witch -
charmed ,
witch -
held ,
witch -
struck ,
witched
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