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English Possession Hold Possess Latin Potis Posse Potent

正面 2860.possess
英 [pə'zes]美 [pə'zɛs]

背面
释义:
vt. 控制;使掌握;持有;迷住;拥有,具备
例句:
1. This figure has long been held to possess miraculous power.这个数字长时间以来都被认为拥有神奇的力量。

1. crash中的r想成花,飞机被撞开了花。 => 失事,撞毁。
possess 拥有,所有,占据,着魔来自古法语possesser,拥有,所有,使占有,来自拉丁语possidere,拥有,所有,-ss,过去分词格,来自posse,使能够,有权力,sidere,坐下,词源同sit,session.引申词义着魔,鬼神附体。
possesspossess: [15] Latin potis ‘able, having power’ (source of English posse and potent) was combined with the verb sīdere ‘sit down’ (a relative of English sit) to form a new verb possīdere. This meant literally ‘sit down as the person in control’, hence by extension ‘take possession of’ and ultimately ‘have, own’. It passed into English via Old French possesser.=> possible, potent, sitpossess (v.)late 14c., "to hold, occupy, reside in" (without regard to ownership), a back formation from possession and in part from Old French possesser "to have and hold, take, be in possession of" (mid-13c.), from Latin possess-, past participle stem of possidere "to have and hold, possess, be master of, own," from posse "to be able," from potis "able, powerful" (see potent) + esse "to be" (see be). Meaning "to hold as property" is recorded from c. 1500. Demonic sense is recorded from 1530s (implied in possessed). Related: Possessed; possessing."

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