To occupy in person] to hold or actually have
in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.
To have the legal title to; to have a just
right to; to be master of; to own; to have; as, to possess
property, an estate, a book.
To obtain occupation or possession of; to
accomplish; to gain; to seize.
To enter into and influence; to control the
will of; to fill; to affect; -- said especially of evil spirits,
passions, etc.
To put in possession; to make the owner or
holder of property, power, knowledge, etc.; to acquaint; to inform; --
followed by of or with before the thing possessed, and
now commonly used reflexively.