·vt To invest with property.
II. Possession ·noun The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.
III. Possession ·noun The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession.
IV. Possession ·noun The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.
V. Possession ·noun The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.