Definitions for possessing
pos·sess·ing

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1. Possessing

   of Possess

How to pronounce possessing?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of possessing in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of possessing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of possessing in a Sentence

1. William Shakespeare, Sonnet lxxxvii:

   Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing.

2. Sara Teasdale:

   No one worth possessing Can be quite possessed.

3. Dorothy Sayers, Gaudy Night:

   To be possessed is an admirable reason for possessing.

4. Vida D. Scudder:

   It is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed.

5. Aristotle:

   Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

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