different between possessor vs possessed

English

Alternative forms

• possesser
• possessour (obsolete)

Etymology

possess +? -or

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??z?s??/

Noun

possessor (plural possessors)

1. Agent noun of possess; one who possesses

   Antonym: (linguistics) possessum

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From possessus +? -tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pos?ses.sor/, [p?s??s??s???r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pos?ses.sor/, [p?s?s?s??r]

Noun

possessor m (genitive possess?ris, feminine possestr?x); third declension

1. possessor, owner
2. occupier

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• possessor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• possessor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• possessor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin possessor.

Noun

possessor m (plural possessores, feminine possessora, feminine plural possessoras)

1. possessor; owner (one who possesses)

   Synonyms: possuidor, dono

Related terms

• possessivo
• possuir

Further reading

• “possessor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??z?st/
• Rhymes: -?st
• Hyphenation: pos?sessed

Verb

possessed

1. simple past tense and past participle of possess

Adjective

possessed (comparative more possessed, superlative most possessed)

1. controlled by evil spirits.

2. Seized by powerful emotions.
3. (not comparable) Followed by of: having; owning.

Derived terms

• possessedly
• self-possessed

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