To own; have as a belonging, property, characteristic, or attribute.
To seize; take possession of; make one's self master of.
To put in possession; make master or owner, whether by force or legally: with of before the thing, and now generally used in the passive or reflexively: as, to possess one's self of another's secret; to be or stand possessed of a certain manor.
To have and hold; occupy in person; hence, to inhabit.
To occupy; keep; maintain; entertain: mostly with a reflexive reference.
To imbue; impress: with with before the thing.
To take possession of; fascinate; enthrall; affect or influence so intensely or thoroughly as to dominate or overpower: with with before the thing that fills or dominates.
To have complete power or mastery over; dominate; control, as an evil spirit, influence, or passion: generally in the passive, with by, of, or with.
To put in possession of information; inform; tell; acquaint; persuade; convince.
To attain; achieve; accomplish.
Synonyms Have, Possess, Hold, Own, Occupy. Have is the most general of these words; it may apply to a temporary or to a permanent possession of a thing, to the having of that which is one's own or another's: as, to have good judgment; to have another's letter by mistake. Possess generally applies to that which is external to the possessor, or, if not external, is viewed as something to be used: as, to possess a library; if we say a man possesses hands, we mean that he has them to work with; to possess reason is to have it with the thought of what can be done with it. To hold is to have in one's hands to control, not necessarily as one's own: as, to hold a fan or a dog for a lady; to hold a title-deed; to hold the stakes for a contest. To own is to have a good and legal title to; one may own that which he does not hold or occupy and cannot get into his possession, as a missing umbrella or a stolen horse. Occupy is chiefly physical: as, to occupy a house; one may occupy that which he does not own, as a chair, room, office, position.
Holding Corioli in the name of Rome.