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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of possesses in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of possesses in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of possesses in a Sentence

  1. Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet:

    Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love.

  2. Anne Louise Germaine de Staël:

    Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.

  3. Salvador Dalí:

    It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.

  4. Robert Oxton Bolt:

    A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses it is an idea that possesses the mind.

  5. Brian Kendrella:

    This is truly a momentous sale and one for the history books, the new owner of the Eliasberg nickel now possesses one of the rarest, most valuable United States coins, and one of only three examples of this coveted coin in private hands.

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