possess (3 more commonly in the refl., and the pass. “possessed of” or “with”=possessing)
1.
to be in occupation
Cym. I. v. 48
“let instructions enter
Where folly now possesses.”
2.
to take possession
of, seize, take
Tp. III. ii. 103
“Remember First to his
books,”
3H6 I. i. 26
“this”
[is] “the regal seat:
it,”
Cor. III. ii. 111, Tit. II. iii. 26, Rom. III. ii. 27.
3.
to put (one) in
possession “of” a thing
Ant. III. ix. [xi.] 21 “I will
possess you of that ship.”
4.
to inform, acquaint
Meas. IV. i. 46
“I have p-'d him my most
stay Can be but brief,”
Tw.N. II. iii. 151
“ us; tell us
something of him,”
John IV. ii. 41
“Some reasons . . . I
have p-'d you with,”
Troil. IV. iv. 112
“I'll . . . possess thee
what she is.”
