possess

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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

Pale envious Sickness, hence! no more Possess her breast, too cold before.

From Thomas Stanley: His Original Lyrics, Complete, In Their Collated Readings of 1647, 1651, 1657. With an Introduction, Textual Notes, A List of Editions, An Appendis of Translation, and a Portrait. by Stanley, Thomas

Possess your soul in what patience you can till you hear from me.

From A Pessimist In Theory and Practice by Bird, Frederic Mayer

I cannot tell why this is so; I cannot say, I do not know Why wind and wolf and yellow sky, And grassy mesa, square and high, Possess such power to satisfy.

From The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse by Garland, Hamlin

Possess maun he a poet's heart, And he maun ha'e a poet's mind Wha deftly plays the generous part That warms the cauld, and charms the kind.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles