possideō — meaning in English

English meaning

• abide verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
• have verb To own or possess something.
• hold verb To grasp, carry, or support something with your hands or arms.
• inhabit verb To live in a place.
• occupy verb To live in, use, or take up a space.
• own adj Belonging to a particular person; used to stress possession.
• possess verb To have or own something.
• seize verb To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.

Senses

possideō is used for these senses in English:

• have (transitive) To possess, own.
• hold (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
• inhabit (transitive) To live or reside in.
• inhabit (transitive) To be present in.
• occupy To fill or hold (an official position or role).
• own (transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.
• possess To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own.
• seize (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.

abide — full definition

1. verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
2. verb To tolerate or put up with something, especially in negative statements.
3. verb (literary) To remain or continue in a place; to stay.

have — full definition

1. verb To own or possess something.
2. verb To experience, undergo, or be affected by something.
3. verb Used with a past participle to form the perfect tense, showing an action is completed.
4. verb To cause something to be done, often by someone else.
5. verb To eat or drink something.

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