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Meaning of "in posse" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD IN POSSE

Latin, literally: in possibility.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF IN POSSE

in posse  [ɪn ˈpɒsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IN POSSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
In posse is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IN POSSE


bossy
ˈbɒsɪ
drossy
ˈdrɒsɪ
flossy
ˈflɒsɪ
glossy
ˈɡlɒsɪ
lossy
ˈlɒsɪ
Mossi
ˈmɒsɪ
mossy
ˈmɒsɪ
nonglossy
ˌnɒnˈɡlɒsɪ
Ossi
ˈɒsɪ
posse
ˈpɒsɪ
tossy
ˈtɒsɪ
undrossy
ʌnˈdrɒsɪ
xenoglossy
ˈzenəˌɡlɒsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IN POSSE

in parenthesis
in part
in particular
in passing
in perpetuity
in perpetuum
in person
in personam
in petto
in phase
in place of
in plenty
in pocket
in point of
in principle
in print
in private
in progress
in propria persona
in pup

WORDS THAT END LIKE IN POSSE

crosse
dolosse
en brosse
en masse
esse
finesse
fosse
Gosse
Hesse
impasse
interesse
Jesse
lacrosse
laisse
Matisse
mousse
noblesse
richesse
Suisse
tasse

Synonyms and antonyms of in posse in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «in posse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IN POSSE

Find out the translation of in posse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of in posse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «in posse» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

在一团
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

in posse
570 millions of speakers

English

in posse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दल में
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

في بوسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

в отряд
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

na posse
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিন্দুতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

in posse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pada titik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

in posse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

捜索隊内
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

민병대 의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing titik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trong posse
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புள்ளியில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बिंदूच्या वेळी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Noktasında
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

in posse
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

w posse
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в загін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în posse
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σε posse
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

in possession
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

i uppbåd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

i posse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of in posse

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IN POSSE»

The term «in posse» is normally little used and occupies the 140.880 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IN POSSE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about in posse

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IN POSSE»

Discover the use of in posse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to in posse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Jet
MARIO VAN PEEBLES Heads All-Star Cast In 'Posse, 'A Film About Black Cowboys Starring in Posse are (l-r) Big Daddy Kane, Stephen Baldwin, Mario Van Peebles, Tiny Lister Jr., Charles Lane and Tone Loc. Uollywood has made many ...
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The Posse Gymnasium Journal ...
The first half was played in two seven minute periods with five on a side and ended in a score of 13-9 in Posse's favor. The Posse girls all showed wonderful speed and floor work and surely deserved to win. Time and again they dazzled the ...
‎1916
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Drugs and Security in the Caribbean: Sovereignty Under Siege
Over the years, economic incentives and law-enforcement countermeasures have created shifts in posse operations, from traditional centers in New York and Miami to areas in upstate New York and to Connecticut, Massachusetts, and several ...
Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, 2010
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Leaders and Their Followers in a Dangerous World: The ...
... state that they are patriotic, of good character (in Posse terms), and interested in the preservation of law and order as that is understood by Posse members.20 The legitimacy of killing federal officials is regularly cited in Posse documents.
Jerrold M. Post, 2004
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Posse Gymnasium Journal
skeleton, with the keen eye of interest and every nerve and fiber tense in mental concentration of attention, daily witnessed in Posse, is a safe idea of the invalidity of the co-educational objection which has been advanced. Not Surgical ...
‎1907
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Ebony
Salli Richardson, who turned many a head with her role in Posse, is cast as Angela Flowers, the woman Shame loved and lost. Angela turns out to be the key to the missing $20 million. Wayans says he had Richardson in the back of his mind ...
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World Dictionary of Foreign Expressions: A Resource for ...
See pontificalia. in posse adj./adv. [L. in in, on (1); posse to be able, being able (2 ): in being able.] In possibility. Not actually existing. Potentially. A corporation in the process of being formed is a corporation in posse, while a corporation which  ...
Gabriel Adeleye, Kofi Acquah-Dadzie, Thomas J. Sienkewicz, 1999
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Film Genre: From Iconography to Ideology
Significantly, the interviewed witness in Posse is played by Woody Strode, himself an icon who had appeared in several of Ford's westerns. In a telling scene in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Pompey (Strode), Tom Doniphon's hired ...
Barry Keith Grant, 2007
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Selected Spiritual Writings
The mind sees intra what is invisible to sensory sight; it sees the invisible in the visible and sees the posse in the esse; it sees in various beings that which they can be and that which they can have only in Posse Itself. In so doing the mind sees ...
Cardinal Nicholas (of Cusa), 1997
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Introducing Nicholas of Cusa: A Guide to a Renaissance Man
In the various beings it beholds that which they can be and can have in posse itself. Therefore, Cusanus maintains a distinction between what appears to and within the mind. The mind does not see posse itself as visible but sees instead the ...
Christopher M. Bellitto, Thomas M. Izbicki, Gerald Christianson, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IN POSSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term in posse is used in the context of the following news items.
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"The Book Of Bundy - The Chronicles of a Welfare Cowboy" - is now …
Their belief in posse comitatus is rooted in writings of Mormon extremist W. Clean Skousen who demonized federal regulatory agencies and ... «PR Newswire, Apr 15»
2
Divest SU responds to university limiting fossil fuel investments
While we are happy that university administration will prohibit some fossil fuel investments, we would like to see them investing in Posse and ... «The Daily Orange, Apr 15»
3
Ninth Circuit Grants En Banc Rehearing in Posse Comitatus …
Back in September, I wrote about the Ninth Circuit's fascinating decision in United States v. Dreyer, which applied the exclusionary rule to ... «Just Security, Mar 15»
4
Man receives 177-year sentence for Sutter County crimes
As an adult, he was convicted of a felony in Texas after the Border Patrol found him in posse sion of 30 pounds of marijuana at a checkpoint in ... «Appeal-Democrat, Mar 15»
5
Posse scholars bring 'NYC flavor' to campus
... name came from — the foundation was started 25 years ago, and that was the 'in-term,'” said Bryan Stromer, a current sophomore in Posse. «The Vanderbilt Hustler, Feb 15»
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Q&A with Lani Guinier about her new book on college admissions
But at most campuses in Posse, those admitted this way represent only a very small minority of students. How big could this model get? «Inside Higher Ed, Feb 15»
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Shaping the Landscape at Whittier Narrows Nature Center
Laura Vena is a writer, artist, curator and translator whose work has appeared in Bombay Gin, Super Arrow, Tarpaulin Sky, In Posse Review, ... «KCET, Jan 15»
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2015 college basketball power rankings: Kentucky is king, but …
Hi, Pack-it-In Posse. Arizona and Utah both boast top-10 defenses and offenses on the fringe of the top 20, and Arizona just smacked Utah by ... «SB Nation, Jan 15»
9
Mardi Gras 2015: Rex's Pro Bono Publico Foundation awards …
... but, at the same time, we have members of the Rex Organization that are actually involved in Posse. I have a board member that is a member ... «NOLA.com, Jan 15»
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Which Hogwarts House Are You? Here Are Your 3 Required Reads …
Plus, the Sorting Hat gives them a built-in posse. It's a part of the human condition to want to learn as much about your complicated self in as ... «Bustle, Dec 14»

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