possess in English: To have or own something. (verb)

Translation

To have or own something.

Word origin

From Latin possidere, meaning to hold as owner, from potis, able, plus sedere, to sit.

Verb typeregular (possess, possesses, possessed)

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Possess is a formal way of saying have or own.

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The police use possess to mean having something with you.

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Everything you possess means everything that belongs to you.

own

Belonging to a particular person and to nobody else.

have

To own or hold something, or to help make a past tense (have, has, had).

keep

To have or hold something and not let it go, or to make something stay the same.

belong

To be owned by someone, or to be in the right place.

property

Something that belongs to a person, especially land or a building.

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