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possessed Definition

pos·sessed (pə zest′)

adjective

  1. owned
  2. controlled by an emotion or as if by an evil spirit; crazed; mad
  3. self-possessed

possessed Idioms

possessed of

in possession of

possessed Synonyms

possessed

modif.

  1. Insane

    mad, crazed, violent; see insane 1.

  2. Owned

    kept, enjoyed, in one's possession; see held, owned, retained 1.

  3. Poised

    self-possessed, self-assured, confident, secure; see calm 1.

possessed Quotes

Liberty too must be limited in order to be possessed.

—Burke, Edmund

In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.

—Le Guin, Ursula ne¤  e Kroeber