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Holding or held formerly in possession. [Obs.]

The act of sitting, as in a tub or bath. "Used by way of fomentation, insession, or bath." [R.] Holland.

One of the Insessores. The group includes most of the common singing birds.

An order of birds, formerly established to include the perching birds, but now generally regarded as an artificial group.

Belonging or pertaining to the Insessores.

A marchioness. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To besiege; to beset. Sir T. Elyot.

ged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without. Tylor. Whether by obsession or possession, I will not determine. Burton.

ve in one's own keeping; to have and to hold. Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. Jer. xxxii. 15. Yet beauty, though injurious, hath strange power, After offense returning, to regain Love once possessed. Milton.

The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.

Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession.

A possessor; a property holder. [Obs.] "Possessioners of riches." E. Hall. Having been of old freemen and possessioners. Sir P. Sidney.

Of or pertaining to the possessive case; as, a possessival termination. Earle.

Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession. Possessive case (Eng. Gram.), the genitive case; the case of nouns and pronouns which expresses ownership, origin, or some possessive relation of one thing to another; as, Homer's admirers; the pear's flavor; the dog's faithfulness. -- Possessive pronoun…

In a possessive manner.

One who possesses; one who occupies, holds, owns, or controls; one who has actual participation or enjoyment, generally of that which is desirable; a proprietor. "Possessors of eternal glory." Law. As if he had been possessor of the whole world. Sharp.

Of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right; of the nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a possessory lord. Possessory action or suit (Law), an action to regain or obtain possession of something. See under Petitory.

To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of. Dryden.

g to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner. -- Pre`pos*sess"ing*ly, adv.

Preoccupation; prior possession. Hammond.