POSSESS, POSSESSED, POSSESSING, POSSESSION, POSSESSOR
ADJECTIVES
► AFFECTED seized, possessed → 1579 obs.
► BEFATED fatally possessed, infatuated (by his destiny) → a1659 obs.
► CUNCTITENENT holding or possessing all things → 1727 obs.
► DEDIVILED possessed, bedeviled → 1903 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► AMOTION deprivation of possession → M17 arch.
► AUGHT property, possession → 1737 Sc. & Ireland
► HAVE a having, possession → c1200 obs.
► HAVIOUR ► HAVOUR the fact of having; possession; a possession, property; estate, substance, wealth → c1400 obs.
► HAVINGNESS the quality of having or possessing; desire of having, covetousness → 1577 obs.
► OWEDNESS a being possessed or owned → 1585 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► MASTER a possessor, an owner → c1400
VERBS
► AUGHT to own, to possess → 1816 Sc.
► BE-OWE to own, to possess → 1886 Eng. dial.
► BEWIN to gain, to win, to get possession of → c1175 obs.
► CATCH to obtain by exertion; to attain, to get possession of → 1382 obs.
► HAIN to possess → 1858 Eng. dial.
► IMPATRON to put in possession of; to take possession; to make oneself master of → 1642 obs.
► IMPATRONIZE to put in possession of; to take possession, to make oneself master of → 1577 obs.
► MASTER to have at one’s disposal; to own, to possess → 1593 obs.
► SPIKE to get possession of; hence, to convict → L19 US students’ sl.
► TAKE UP MOULD AND STONE to take permanent possession → 1905 Sc. obs. (Bk.)
► UNDERFO to receive a thing; to have something given to one; to come to have or possess → c888 obs.
► UNDERFONG to receive a thing; to have something given to one; to come to have or possess → c1175 obs.
► YAW to own, to possess; also, to owe, to be in debt to → 1871 Sc.