adj
Meaning 1
Controlled by evil spirits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He was exorcised because he was thought to be possessed by the Devil.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
possessed
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/pəˈzɛst/
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rhymes with -ɛst
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adj
Meaning 2
Seized by powerful emotions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Having; owning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The president was possessed of great wealth.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of possess
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مجنون — controlled by evil spirits
- Arabic: مَلْبُوس (malbūs) — controlled by evil spirits
- Bulgarian: обладан (obladan) — controlled by evil spirits
- Catalan: esperitat — controlled by evil spirits
- Catalan: endimoniat — controlled by evil spirits
- Catalan: endiablat — controlled by evil spirits
- Catalan: possés — controlled by evil spirits
- Dutch: bezeten — controlled by evil spirits
- Finnish: riivattu — controlled by evil spirits
- French: possédé — controlled by evil spirits
- French: démoniaque — controlled by evil spirits
- French: diabolique — controlled by evil spirits
- German: besessen — controlled by evil spirits
- Gothic: 𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃 (wōds) — controlled by evil spirits
- Ancient Greek: ἐνθουσιώδης (enthousiṓdēs) — controlled by evil spirits
- Hindi: ग्रस्त (grast) — controlled by evil spirits
- Hindi: आविष्ट (āviṣṭ) — controlled by evil spirits
- Hindi: भूत चढ़ा होना (bhūt caṛhā honā) — controlled by evil spirits
- Hindi: बाधित (bādhit) — controlled by evil spirits
- Italian: indemoniato — controlled by evil spirits
- Luxembourgish: besiess — controlled by evil spirits
- Plautdietsch: besäten — controlled by evil spirits
- Polish: opętany — controlled by evil spirits
- Portuguese: possuído — controlled by evil spirits
- Portuguese: possesso — controlled by evil spirits
- Portuguese: endemoniado — controlled by evil spirits
- Portuguese: endemoninhado — controlled by evil spirits
- Portuguese: endiabrado — controlled by evil spirits
- Russian: одержимый (oderžimyj) — controlled by evil spirits
- Spanish: poseído — controlled by evil spirits
- Spanish: poseso — controlled by evil spirits
- Spanish: endiablado — controlled by evil spirits
- Spanish: endemoniado — controlled by evil spirits
- Swedish: besatt — controlled by evil spirits
- Tagalog: sinaniban — controlled by evil spirits
- Ottoman Turkish: مجنون (mecnun) — controlled by evil spirits
- Polish: posiadający — owning something
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