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What is the verb for possession?

What's the verb for possession? Here's the word you're looking for.

possess
  1. (transitive) To have; to have ownership of.
  2. (transitive) To take control of someone's body or mind, especially in a supernatural manner.
  3. (transitive, dated, chiefly with of) To vest ownership in (someone); to give someone power or knowledge; to acquaint; to inform.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The three richest people in the world are said to possess more wealth than the poorest nations combined.”
      “They had themselves overpowered another group of colonizers to possess the land they now inhabit.”
      “Both individuals possess qualities that are considered essential to becoming a successful entrepreneur.”
possessed
possession
  1. (obsolete) To invest with property.
possesses
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of possess
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Bohn possesses one of the most fundamentally sound and fluid games in the world.”
      “Namibia also possesses a rich offshore fishing industry and a karakul fur industry.”
      “These findings illustrate that a prokaryote possesses a signal trafficking system with features common to those used by higher organisms.”
possesseth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of possess
possessioned
  1. simple past tense and past participle of possession
possessest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of possess
possest
  1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of possess
  2. Examples:
    1. “What Parts are there contain'd in the hypogastrium, and of what Place are they possest?”
possesst
  1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of possess
possessioning
  1. present participle of possession
possessing
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