possesses

VERB

have or obtain

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acquire carry enjoy maintain occupy own retain seize

STRONG

bear control corner dominate grab hog hold

WEAK

be blessed with be born with be endowed with corner the market get hands on get hold of have to name latch on to lock up sit on take over take possession

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fail free lack let go lose need release surrender yield

STRONG

abandon forsake

WEAK

dispossess miss not have

Example Sentences

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"Possesses charm as well as information, style as well as learning Work more sympathetically rendered we have rarely seen"—Outlook.

From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)

A coy inquisitive spirit, the spirit of wonder, Possesses the child in his cradle, when mortal things Are new, yet a varied surface and nothing under.

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert

O would that I were fronting wolf or pard But by thy side this moment! so strange fear Possesses me, O love! apart from thee; The galley? gone?

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various

I faint with weariness: a dreadful thirst Possesses me!

From Proserpine and Midas by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

Pleasing delusion, With sweet intrusion, Possesses the mind.

From The Castle of Andalusia A Comic Opera, in Three Acts by O'Keeffe, John