possessive adjective
noun Grammar.
See at possessive(def 4a).
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Nearby words
- possessedly,
- possession,
- possession is nine points of the law,
- possession order,
- possessive,
- possessive pronoun,
- possessor,
- possessory,
- posset,
- possibility
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