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Definition

possess /pǝ'zes/ v ၁။ ( fml ) (က) ပိုင္ဆိုင္သည္။ လက္ဝယ္ရိွ သည္။ ရိွသည္။ He decided to give away everything he possessed and become a monk. ❍ Iran possesses 10% of the world's known oil reserves. ❍ She admitted possessing illegal drugs. ❍ We possess Marx's notes on some of these works. (ခ) (ဂုဏ္ျဒပ္၊ စ႐ိုက္လကၡဏာ) ရိွသည္။ There are few actors who don't possess some musical skills. ❍ The new prime minister possesses a strong will. ၂။ (တေစၧ၊ သရဲ) ပူးသည္၊ စီးသည္။ စိတ္စြဲေန သည္။ She seemed to be possessed (by the devil). ❍ She was suddenly possessed by an overwhelming jealousy. ❍ He is possessed by the idea that he is being followed. ❍ Whatever possessed you to do that. ❏ be possessed of sth [ IDM ] ( fml ) စ႐ိုက္လကၡဏာ ရိွသည္။ She is possessed of a wonderfully calm temperament. ❏ like one possessed [ IDM ] သရဲမရဲစီးေနသလို။ He fought like a man possessed. ❏ possessor n ( fml or joc ) ပိုင္ရွင္။ He is now the proud possessor of a driving-licence.

Examples

1. They were all found guilty of illegally possessing firearms.
2. Kate is a woman who possesses a rare intelligence.
3. All these drugs possess sedative properties.
4. They do not possess the necessary technical knowledge.