possessed
adjective; past form of the verb possess
Everyday
- (past form, formal) Had or owned. tree →
- (adjective) Controlled by an evil spirit or a very strong feeling, as in ghost stories. tree →
- possessed of (formal, old): having a quality. tree →
In the lessons
In ghost stories: "the house was possessed". In formal maths problems: "Tom possessed 15 cards" just means he had 15. Phrases: like a man possessed (doing something with wild energy), possessed by.
Examples
- Tom possessed 15 cards before the game. tree →
- In the film, the doll was possessed by a ghost. tree →
- He ran like a man possessed. tree →
- She possessed great courage. tree →
- The old knight possessed a magic sword. tree →
- What possessed you to paint the cat? tree →
- A WOMAN possessed a Hen that gave her an egg every day. tree →
Note
See also "possess". "Like someone possessed" means very fast or wildly. In maths, "possessed" gives the starting amount.
In Jewish tradition
Past tense of possess: took and owned, as when Israel took the land of its defeated enemies. In the primary lessons: In ghost stories: "the house was possessed". In formal maths problems: "Tom possessed 15 cards" just means he had 15. Phrases: like a man possessed (doing something with wild energy), possessed by.
Examples
- So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him remaining; and they possessed his land. (Torah NUM.21.35, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and He will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. (Torah DEU.30.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon unto the Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. (Torah NUM.21.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- So the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which He swore to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. (Prophets JOS.21.43, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and smote Israel, and they possessed the city of palm-trees. (Prophets JDG.3.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto the Jordan. (Prophets JDG.11.22, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
See also "possess". "Like someone possessed" means very fast or wildly. In maths, "possessed" gives the starting amount.
On Mova
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- Trees and pragmatics of «possessed» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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