• v.
    ⦿enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas
    lexical concept
  • A terrible rage possessed her
  • What possessed you to buy this house?

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
lexinfo:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized senseenl:possess
wn:interlingual indexili:i34904

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labelpossess