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    Definition of possessing in English Dictionary

  • VerbBFpossessSGpossessesPT, PPpossessedSUF-ing
    1. present participle of possess.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • Gandhi did not possess Tilak's scholarship; nor his lion-heartedness. He was no saint. Nor a prophet. Yet, he seemed to posses a blessed soul that radiated divinity.
        • This study concerns all infaunal brachiopods that possess an inarticulate, organo-phosphatic, linguliform shell.
        • The human spermatozoön possesses a head, a neck, a connecting piece or body, and a tail...
      2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
        • Some day, when you are tired of London, come down to Treadley, and expound to me your philosophy of pleasure over some admirable Burgundy I am fortunate enough to possess.
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      1. en possessingly
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      Meaning of possessing for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "possessing" is a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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