possessed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /pəˈzɛst/
- (US) audio
Meanings
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Controlled by evil spirits.
He was exorcised because he was thought to be possessed by the Devil.
Three days remained till Beltane's E'en, and throughout this time it was noted that Heriotside behaved like one possessed. It may be that his conscience pricked him, or that he had a glimpse of his sin and its coming punishment.
1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
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Seized by powerful emotions.
O what ridiculous Reſolutions Men take, when poſſeſs'd with Fear! It deprives them of the Uſe of thoſe Means which Reaſon offers for their Relief.
1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, page 188:
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(not-comparable) Having; owning.
The president was possessed of great wealth.
It is said that every life has its roses and thorns; there seemed, however, to have been a misadventure or mistake in Stephen's case, whereby somebody else had become possessed of his roses, and he had become possessed of the same somebody else's thorns in addition to his own.
1854, Charles Dickens, “Stephen Blackpool”, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC, 1st book (Sowing), page 75:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most possessed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more possessed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
possessedly · self-possessed · possessedness · nonpossessed · like a man possessed · unpossessed · like all possessed · forepossessed
Translations (37)
ca endiablat (controlled by evil spirits) · ru одержимый (controlled by evil spirits) · ca possés (controlled by evil spirits) · it indemoniato (controlled by evil spirits) · pdt besäten (controlled by evil spirits) · fi riivattu (controlled by evil spirits) · es endemoniado (controlled by evil spirits) · bg обладан (controlled by evil spirits) · hi आविष्ट (controlled by evil spirits) · fr diabolique (controlled by evil spirits) · fr possédé (controlled by evil spirits) · sv besatt (controlled by evil spirits) · pt possesso (controlled by evil spirits) · ca esperitat (controlled by evil spirits) · hi बाधित (controlled by evil spirits) · got 𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃 (controlled by evil spirits) · ar مَلْبُوس (controlled by evil spirits) · pl posiadający (owning something) · pt endemoninhado (controlled by evil spirits) · es poseído (controlled by evil spirits) · ota مجنون (controlled by evil spirits) · ar مجنون (controlled by evil spirits) · de besessen (controlled by evil spirits) · ca endimoniat (controlled by evil spirits) · pt endemoniado (controlled by evil spirits) · nl bezeten (controlled by evil spirits) · pt endiabrado (controlled by evil spirits) · hi भूत चढ़ा होना (controlled by evil spirits) · lb besiess (controlled by evil spirits) · pt possuído (controlled by evil spirits) · fr démoniaque (controlled by evil spirits) · es poseso (controlled by evil spirits) · es endiablado (controlled by evil spirits) · tl sinaniban (controlled by evil spirits) · pl opętany (controlled by evil spirits) · grc ἐνθουσιώδης (controlled by evil spirits) · hi ग्रस्त (controlled by evil spirits)