dispossess | (verb) deprive of the possession of real estate | - |
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dispossessed | (adjective) physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security | Synonyms: homeless, roofless |
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dispossession | (noun) the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law | Synonyms: eviction, legal ouster |
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(noun) freeing from evil spirits | Synonyms: exorcism |
impossibility | (noun) an alternative that is not available | Synonyms: impossible action |
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(noun) incapability of existing or occurring | Synonyms: impossibleness |
impossible | (adjective) not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with | - |
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(adjective) (used of persons or their behavior) not acceptable or reasonable | Synonyms: unacceptable |
(adjective) totally unlikely | Synonyms: inconceivable, out of the question, unimaginable |
(noun) something that cannot be done | - |
impossibleness | (noun) incapability of existing or occurring | Synonyms: impossibility |
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impossibly | (adverb) to a degree impossible of achievement | - |
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opossum | (noun) nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America | Synonyms: possum |
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(noun) small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails | Synonyms: phalanger, possum |
posse | (noun) a temporary police force | Synonyms: posse comitatus |
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posseman | (noun) an able-bodied man serving as a member of a posse | - |
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possess | (verb) have ownership or possession of | Synonyms: have, own |
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(verb) have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill | - |
(verb) enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas | - |
possessed | (adjective) of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon | Synonyms: demoniac, demoniacal |
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(adjective) influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion | Synonyms: obsessed |
possession | (noun) anything owned or possessed | - |
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(noun) the act of having and controlling property | Synonyms: ownership |
(noun) (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck) | - |
(noun) the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior | Synonyms: self-command, self-control, self-possession, self-will, will power, willpower |
(noun) a territory that is controlled by a ruling state | - |
(noun) a mania restricted to one thing or idea | Synonyms: monomania |
(noun) being controlled by passion or the supernatural | - |
possessive | (adjective) serving to express or indicate possession | Synonyms: genitive |
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(adjective) desirous of owning | - |
(adjective) having or showing a desire to control or dominate | - |
(noun) the case expressing ownership | Synonyms: genitive, genitive case, possessive case |
possessively | (adverb) in a possessive manner | - |
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possessiveness | (noun) excessive desire to possess or dominate | - |
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possessor | (noun) a person who owns something | Synonyms: owner |
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posset | (noun) sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer | - |
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possibility | (noun) a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena | Synonyms: hypothesis, theory |
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(noun) a possible alternative | Synonyms: opening, possible action |
(noun) a future prospect or potential | - |
(noun) capability of existing or happening or being true | Synonyms: possibleness |
possible | (adjective) capable of happening or existing | - |
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(adjective) existing in possibility | Synonyms: potential |
(noun) something that can be done | - |
(noun) an applicant who might be suitable | - |
possibleness | (noun) capability of existing or happening or being true | Synonyms: possibility |
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possibly | (adverb) by chance | Synonyms: maybe, mayhap, peradventure, perchance, perhaps |
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(adverb) to a degree possible of achievement or by possible means | - |
possum | (noun) nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America | Synonyms: opossum |
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(noun) small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails | Synonyms: opossum, phalanger |
possumwood | (noun) medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe | Synonyms: American persimmon, Diospyros virginiana |
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prepossess | (verb) influence (somebody's) opinion in advance | Synonyms: prejudice |
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(verb) cause to be preoccupied | - |
(verb) make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand | - |
(verb) possess beforehand | - |
prepossessing | (adjective) creating a favorable impression | - |
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prepossession | (noun) an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence | Synonyms: parti pris, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, preconception |
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(noun) the condition of being prepossessed | - |
repossess | (verb) claim back | Synonyms: reclaim |
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(verb) regain possession of something | Synonyms: take back |
repossession | (noun) the action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default) | - |
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unprepossessing | (adjective) creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression | Synonyms: unpresentable |
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