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I think Whitman more than any other poet possessed the gift of revealing to others the beauty of everything around us, the beauty of nature, the beauty of human beings.
Ella R. Bloor

Meaning of "possessed" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POSSESSED

possessed  [pəˈzɛst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POSSESSED

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

WHAT DOES POSSESSED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Possessed

Possessed may refer to: ▪ Possession, having some degree of control over something else ▪ Spirit possession, whereby gods, demons, animas, or other disincarnate entities may temporarily take control of a human body ▪ Demonic possession, spirit possession by a malevolent entity...

Definition of possessed in the English dictionary

The definition of possessed in the dictionary is owning or having. Other definition of possessed is under the influence of a powerful force, such as a spirit or strong emotion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POSSESSED


best
bɛst
breast
brɛst
Budapest
ˌbjuːdəˈpɛst
chest
tʃɛst
contest
ˈkɒntɛst
dispossessed
ˌdɪspəˈzɛst
est
ɛst
fest
fɛst
guest
ɡɛst
jest
dʒɛst
processed
ˈprəʊsɛst
quest
kwɛst
request
rɪˈkwɛst
rest
rɛst
suggest
səˈdʒɛst
test
tɛst
unpossessed
ʌnpəˈzɛst
unprepossessed
ˌʌnpriːpəˈzɛst
west
wɛst
zest
zɛst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POSSESSED

posser
possess
possessable
possessedly
possessedness
possession
possession order
possessional
possessionary
possessionate
possessionless
possessions
possessive
possessive adjective
possessive pronoun
possessively
possessiveness
possessor
possessorship
possessory

WORDS THAT END LIKE POSSESSED

all-dressed
blessed
compressed
depressed
distressed
hard-pressed
impressed
obsessed
oppressed
pressed
professed
recessed
repressed
stressed
the blessed
to be sadly missed
undressed
unimpressed
unprocessed
unstressed
well-dressed

Synonyms and antonyms of possessed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «POSSESSED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «possessed» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of possessed

Translation of «possessed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POSSESSED

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

Translator English - Chinese

着魔的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poseído
570 millions of speakers

English

possessed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

امتلك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обладал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

possuído
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আবিষ্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

possessed
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dimiliki
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

besessen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

とりつかれた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

홀린
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Duweni
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sở hữu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொண்டிருந்தன
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पछाडले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

deli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

posseduto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

opętany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

володів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

posedat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατείχαν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

besit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

besatt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

besatt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of possessed

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POSSESSED»

The term «possessed» is very widely used and occupies the 19.629 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POSSESSED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «possessed» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «possessed» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «POSSESSED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word possessed.
1
Joseph Addison
Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.
2
Kelley Armstrong
The first piece of 'long' fiction I wrote was a novella parody of Stephen King's 'Christine.' I was in high school, and my version was about a kid with a possessed locker instead of a possessed car. It was also my first attempt at humour, which fell completely flat because no one who read it realized it was a parody!
3
W. H. Auden
In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.
4
Fredrik Bajer
We have long possessed the art of war and the science of war, which have been evolved in the minutest detail.
5
Charles Baudelaire
This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed.
6
Ashley Bell
It's been said that horror films are experimental forms of art, and I agree. As an actress, you're put in positions and have to experience emotions that are way beyond reality, whether fighting in a post-apocalyptic world or being possessed by the Devil.
7
Ruth Benedict
If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits.
8
E. F. Benson
All the teaching I had ever received had failed to make me apply such intelligence as I was possessed of, directly and vividly: there had never been any sunshine, as regards language, in the earlier grey days of learning, for the sky had always pelted with gerunds and optatives.
9
Elizabeth Blackwell
The idea of winning a doctor's degree gradually assumed the aspect of a great moral struggle, and the moral fight possessed immense attraction for me.
10
Ella R. Bloor
I think Whitman more than any other poet possessed the gift of revealing to others the beauty of everything around us, the beauty of nature, the beauty of human beings.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSSESSED»

Discover the use of possessed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to possessed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Possessed
Rayne escapes London for a job in the country at Morton's Keep, where she is drawn to a mysterious clique and its leader, St. John, but puzzles over whether the growing evil she senses is from the manor house or her new friends.
Kate Cann, 2011
2
Island Possessed
In this book, Dunham reveals how her anthropological research, her work in dance, and her fascination for the people and cults of Haiti worked their spell, catapulting her into experiences that she was often lucky to survive.
Katherine Dunham, 2012
3
SALEM POSSESSED
Paul Boyer. "There!" Then I struck with my rapier. Then she fell in a fit, and when it was over she said, "You killed her." 41 No issue was more troublesome in 1692 than that of spectral evidence. In actual practice, spectral testimony was ...
Paul Boyer, 1976
4
Possessed: The True Story of an Exorcism
Robbie was a boy in torment—perhaps about to become possessed and suffer as Surin did . But was Robbie just mentally ill? Where were the signs? A young American boy in need of an exorcism? How can it be? Exorcisms were of the Old  ...
Thomas B. Allen, 2013
5
Possessed: The Rise and Fall of Prince
Here you will find a detailed biography of Prince by journalist and attorney Hahn.
Alex Hahn, Watson-Guptill, 2004
6
Possessed
Who do you trust when you can no longer trust your own mind?
Niki Valentine, 2012
7
Possessed: The Life of Joan Crawford
In Possessed, Spoto goes behind the myths to examine the rise and fall of the studio system; Crawford’s four marriages; her passionate thirty year, on-and-off-again affair with Clark Gable; her friendships and rivalries with other stars; ...
Donald Spoto, 2010
8
Possessed: Hypnotic Crimes, Corporate Fiction, and the ...
Stefan Andriopoulos shows that all this anxiety over being governed by an outside force was no marginal oddity, but rather a pervasive concern in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Stefan Andriopoulos, 2008
9
Possessed
After Moonrise, the elite detective agency, crosses into the dark side, but it can be dangerous when the living communicate with the dead.
P.C. Cast, 2012
10
The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History
The extraordinary theme of this unique book is how the rise of a manifold, crusade-like obsession with tradition and inheritance--both physical and cultural--can lead to either good or evil.
David Lowenthal, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POSSESSED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term possessed is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Etowah Man Convicted of Murdering Father, Says Dad was Possessed
HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. -- A Henderson County man has pleaded guilty to murdering his own father. Michael Walker, 46, will now spend ... «WLOS, Jul 15»
2
The Vatican Tapes Is Possessed by Incompetence
Instead, Lozano cedes much of the duties to Cardinal Bruun (Peter Andersson, camping it up), who himself was possessed at age 12 and has a ... «Vulture, Jul 15»
3
Possessed Houston Dynamo squad exorcises the Galaxy 3-0
Playing like a team possessed, the Houston Dynamo put together their best 90 minutes of the season downing the LA Galaxy (LAG) 3-0 on ... «Orange In The Oven, Jul 15»
4
The Five Best and Five Worst Demons to Get Possessed By
Getting possessed by a demon sounds horrible—all that contortionism probably leads to awful back problems. But some demonic possessions ... «io9, Jul 15»
5
'Gravity Falls' Spoilers: Was Dipper Re-Possessed by Bill Cipher …
Now, an ongoing speculation on the possibility of Dipper being re-possessed by Bill Cipher was raised among fans of the award winning ... «Movie News Guide, Jul 15»
6
Possessed French nun subject of new play
Ron Bashford and Carine Montbertrand are this week's resident artists at the Barn Arts Collective. The pair is producing “Jeanne Des Anges,” a ... «Mount Desert Islander, Jul 15»
7
Malawi court jails 'devil possessed' man 9 years over sex acts with …
A 20-year-old man, Dyson Nkhonde, has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment by Blantyre Magistrates Court For defiling a 3-year-old ... «Nyasa Times, Jul 15»
8
Man who possessed Kalashnikov will be sentenced in December
Man who possessed Kalashnikov will be sentenced in December. Courts 21 Jul 2015. A Dublin man who has pleaded guilty to possession of a Kalashnikov rifle ... «UTV Ireland, Jul 15»
9
East India Youth appears possessed at his Latitude 2015 set
The Other Voices stage is the perfect setting for East India Youth – tucked away off the beaten path, and yet housing an enormous queue within ... «DIY Magazine, Jul 15»
10
Wiccan witch charges $200/hour to help 'possessed' tech …
WASHINGTON, DC: If your Silicon Valley startup's hardware is giving you so much grief, you think it might be possessed, who you gonna call? «The American Bazaar, Jul 15»

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