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▪ I. † insess, n. Obs. rare—1.
[ad. med.L. insessus, f. insidēre to sit in; cf. It. insesso (Florio).]
= insession 1 b.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 186 As a Bath is a Lavacre of the whole body..so an Insess of half the body. [1706Phillips, Insessus, a Bath for the Belly and Lower Parts.]
▪ II. † inˈsess, v. Obs. rare—1.
[f. L. insess-, ppl. stem of insidēre to sit in, dwell in, occupy.]
trans. To dwell in, inhabit, ‘possess’. Cf. insession 3.
a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 206 Being insessed and acted by the Devill, they babled many lies. |