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itting, or the state of being seated. [Archaic] So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import. Hooker. But Viven, gathering somewhat of his mood, . . . Leaped from her session on his lap, and stood. Tennyson.

Of or pertaining to a session or sessions.

A sitting beside or near.

The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. Bp. Hall.

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

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

, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions. When the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. Matt. xix. 22. Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. Acts v. 1. The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions…

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.

Preoccupation; prior possession. Hammond.

The act or the state of possessing again.

The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.

aw of diminishing return from land would have undergone, to that extent, a temporary supersession. J. S. Mill.

To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit. Abashed, the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is. Milton. He was a man whom no check could abash. Macaulay.

enter into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, and before the heir takes possession. See Abatement, 4.

ught as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.

The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on). The Lord shall add to me another son. Gen. xxx. 24.

The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate. Bouvier.

e bore prosperity as well and wisely as we endure an adverse fortune. Southey. Adverse possession (Law), a possession of real property avowedly contrary to some claim of title in another person. Abbott.