possess
Example Sentences
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Possess any soldier; knock over any item on the desk; and figure out the puzzles on your own.
From Forbes • Oct. 9, 2013
Possess yourself with their spirit: and work yourself into a belief that your picture is to be seen and criticised by them, when completed.
From The Use of a Box of Colours In a Practical Demonstration on Composition, Light and Shade, and Colour. by Willson, Harry
Haste then, ye swains, who Rumming's form adore, Possess your Eleanour, and sigh no more.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Rise on the darkness of the way That leads from night to perfect day, And let the joy that light awakes Possess the soul that sin forsakes.
From Hymns from the Morningland Being Translations, Centos and Suggestions from the Service Books of the Holy Eastern Church by Brownlie, John
"Sleep, Brave Tragedian, Shakspere, sleep alone Thy unmolested rest, unshared cave Possess as Lord, not tenant to thy grave," etc.
From Shakespeare's Family by Stopes, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael)
Vocabulary lists containing possess
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 6
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Christmas Carol Vocab: A Lyrical Lexicon
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The New SAT: The Language of the Test
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