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. Rick Scott:

   We will prohibit a person from possessing or purchasing a firearm if they are subject to an injunction for protection against stalking, cyberstalking, dating violence, repeat violence, sexual violence or domestic violence.

2. William Shakespeare, Sonnet lxxxvii:

   Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing.

3. Jeff Melvoin:

   What is it about possessing things Why do we feel the need to own what we love, and why do we become jerks when we do We've all been there-- you want something, to possess it. By possessing something you lose it. You finally win the girl of your dreams, the first thing you do is change her. The little things she does with her hair, the way she wears her clothes or the way she chews her gum. Pretty soon what you like, what you changed, what you don't like, blends together like a watercolor in the rain.

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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