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单词 possessed
释义 pos·sessed
\-st\ adjective
Etymology: from past participle of possess
1. obsolete : held as a possession
2.
 a. : influenced or controlled by something (as an evil spirit or a passion)
  < these possessed fools >
 often : mad, crazed
 b. : urgently desirous to do or have something
3. : self-possessed, cool, calm
4. : used in a construction to indicate what is possessed
 < dog in the phrase “Bill's dog” is a possessed noun >
— usually used of a form different from that used in other constructions (as in Hebrew and several Amerindian languages)
pos·sessed·ly \-sə̇dlē, -stlē, -li\ adverb
pos·sessed·ness \-sə̇dnə̇s, -stnə̇s\ noun -es
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