possess
verb (used with object)
to have as belonging to one; have as property; own.
possessorship
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a word derived from
possess.
Example Sentences
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She had given herself up to the insistent possessorship and company of her son.
From Over the Pass by Frederick Palmer
She turned and lifted a smile of possessorship to Ralph.
From The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton
He had never had much of the joy of possessorship in any of the thousand and one beautiful and curious things that were his; and now he was conscious of envy for what was another’s.
From Prince Otto, a Romance by Robert Louis Stevenson
He had never had much of the joy of possessorship in any of the thousand and one beautiful and curious things that were his; and now he was conscious of envy for what was another’s.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
As the thought of Haskett receded, Waythorn felt himself yielding again to the joy of possessorship.
From The Descent of Man and Other Stories by Edith Wharton
