POSSESS

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possess verb A. tranzitiv

a poseda, a stăpâni, a avea; a se bucura de;

all I possess tot ce am, tot avutul meu;

to possess one's soul a se stăpâni, a fi răbdător;

to be possessed by a fi posedat, a fi muncit de (demoni);

to be possessed by / with a fi stăpânit / obsedat de (o idee etc.);

to be possessed of a poseda, a stăpâni; a avea în stăpânire;

every human being possessed of reason fiecare om raţional;

you are surely possessed nu eşti cu mintea întreagă, ai înnebunit;

what / possessed him to do it? ce l-a împins / ce l-a apucat să facă asta? de ce o fi făcut asta?

possess verb B. reflexiv

1. a se stăpâni.

2. to possess oneself of a pune stăpânire pe, a-şi însuşi (cu ac.).

The characteristics an animal or group of animals possess that distinguish it (them) from others in the same species.

(Breed Trait, NCI Thesaurus)

Your Grace can hardly have heard of any small reputation which I possess, or you would not imagine that it is so easy to escape me.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She possessed eyes whose gaze I delighted to encounter.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

“What end?” I asked, possessed by my former fear.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I am very much mistaken if your sex in general would not think such beauty, and such temper, the highest claims a woman could possess.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

It made me laugh, the easy way in which he asked the question, as if it were a most natural thing to possess.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I certainly have not the talent which some people possess, said Darcy, of conversing easily with those I have never seen before.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

He had it in his heart to wish that they could possess, in some small measure, her goodness and glory.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

It is good for one to possess it.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Because my brother Mycroft possesses it in a larger degree than I do.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)