| 单词 |
possessing |
| 释义 |
▪ I. poˈssessing, vbl. n.
[f. possess v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb possess; possession.
1580Sidney Ps. xxxvii. xix, The righteous minds Shall haue the land in their possessing. 1709Brit. Apollo II. No. 37. 3/1 We're cheated of the Blessing, When arriv'd at full Possessing. 17..Pope Imit. Swift 1 Parson, these things in thy possessing Are better than the Bishop's blessing.
▪ II. poˈssessing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. Having something as a possession; spec. having material possessions.
1839Bailey Festus xxviii. (1852) 472 Seraphs and saints, and all-possessing souls, Which minister unto the universe. 1884M. Arnold in Pall Mall G. 1 Dec. 6/1 There is in the West the possessing, the spending, and the enjoying class. 1897Daily News 6 Sept. 5/6 Only representatives of the privileged and possessing classes had been convoked.
2. Inhabiting and actuating a person, as a demon or spirit; dominating as an influence.
1838–9Hallam Hist. Lit. II. ii. iv. §40. 145 The political creed which actuates at present, as a possessing spirit, the great mass of the civilised world. 1902W. M. Alexander Demonic Possession in N.T. v. 172 Nor did He..ascribe to possessing spirits moral influence over the possessed.
Hence poˈssessingness.
1882Gurney Tertium Quid (1887) II. 70 We may note the degree of possessingness and permanence in the artistic impression. |
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