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Definition of Possesses
1. possess [v] - See also: possess
Lexicographical Neighbors of Possesses
Literary usage of Possesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1854)
"On the second division, That Congress possesses no constitutional authority to
interfere, in any way, with the institution of slavery in any of the States, ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The title possesses a juristic interest: the official bodies are called
commission!, not tribunali; decretare, and not giudicare or decidere, is used; ..."
3. A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter (1909)
"COMSTOCK possesses THE LIMBERLOST ELNORA, bring me the towel, quick!" cried Mrs
Comstock. "In a minute, mother," mumbled Elnora. She was standing before the ..."
4. Homerica, Emendations and Elucidations of the Odyssey by Thomas Leyden Agar (1908)
"... occasionally possesses an assevera- tive force, v. his notes on Л 418, П 323,
Ф 375. ... possesses ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"The fertility of the soil is perhaps a vague title, but by it I intend to signify
the greater or less power which a piece of land possesses of producing ..."
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