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Definition of Possed
1. poss [v] - See also: poss
Lexicographical Neighbors of Possed
Literary usage of Possed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"Thus possed to and fro." Chaucer. Tro. $ Cress. POSSESS, To persuade, to inform,
to convince. POSSESSED, Informed, convinced. " Is he yet possessed. ..."
2. The Commentaries of Gaius and Rules of Ulpian by Gaius, Domitius Ulpianus (1885)
"... per quod is qui deiecit cogitur ei restituere rei possessionem, si modo is
qui deiectus est nee vi nee clam nee precario possed^r;/ ab ..."
3. Key and Elphinstone's Compendium of Precedents in Conveyancing by Thomas Key, Howard Warburton Elphinstone (1899)
"PROVD ALWAYS & I direct & appt that my trees shl stand Settle- possed of the ...
from & to per- after her death shl stand possed of the sd share & the pe U1 ..."
4. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by Charles Elliott Fitch, William H. Steele, New York (State) Constitutional convention (1900)
"... we have passed an apportionment article, which increases the representatives
here by forty; we have possed bills in reference to commissions, ..."
5. Practical Education by Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1801)
"Eh, mademoiselle," replied the philosophic bard, " il faut etre un possed£ pour
reussir en au- " cun art." The degree of enthusiasm, which makes the painter ..."
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