1. Avoir. Posséder des économies.
2. Connaître. Posséder une langue.
3. Avoir des rapports sexuels avec. Posséder une femme.
4. (Familier) Duper. Posséder quelqu'un.
5. (Pron.) Se dominer. Il s'est possédé malgré sa contrariété.
(Homonym: halve).
(Irregular preterit, past participle: had).
1. To hold, own or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; SYN. have got, hold.
2. To possess as a feature; SYN. feature.
3. To possess a personal or business relationship with someone.
4. To achieve a point or goal, as in a sport; SYN. get, make.
5. To be confronted with.
6. To suffer from; be ill with.
7. To undergo; SYN. experience.
ETYM Old Eng. unnen to grant, permit, be pleased with, as. unnan to grant; akin to os. giunnan, German gönnen, Icel. unna; of uncertain origin. This word has been confused with own to possess.
To have ownership or possession of; SYN. have, possess.