Meaning of "possess"

possess •

v.
• • 1. to own: mag-ari, magmay-ari, ariin
  • 2. to have: mag-angkin, angkinin, magkaroon, magtaglay, taglayin
  • 3. to control, influence: maghari, pagharian
  • 4. to be controlled by an evil spirit: pagharian (alipinin) ng demonyo
  • 5. to obtain, to get: magkamit, makamit, makamtan, kamtan, magtamo, matamo, tamuhin

» synonyms and related words:

inherit

v.
• • 1. to receive as an heir: magmana, manahin, mamana
  • 2. to get or possess from ones ancestors: magmana, mamana, manahin

may

part.
• • to have, there is (are), to possess

v.
• • 1. expressing possibility, chance, permission, etc.: maaari
  • 2. in wishes such as "May you be" or "God grant": kahimanawari, nawa
  • 3. to be possible or likely, but not certain: baka, baka sakali, maaari
  • 2.) May

n.
• • the fifth month of the year: Mayo

have

v.
• • 1. to possess, to own: may, maroon, magkaroon
  • 2. to get, to acquire: magkaroon

own

v.
• • 1. to hare, possess: mayroon, magkaroon, mag-ari, magmay-ari
  • 2. to admit: umamin, aminin
  • 3. to admit that one owns or is the father of: kilalaning anak

taglay

v.
• • magtaglay, taglayin (mag-:-in) to bear, to possess. Nagtataglay si Amalia ng pambihirang kagandahan. Amalia possesses extraordinary beauty.

mayroon

part.
• • there is, there exist, to have (something), to possess

angkin

adj.
• • inborn, native, having or possessing

v.
• • mag-angkin (mag-) to possess (usually used in the incompleted aspect meaning "possessing or having". Nag-aangkin siya ng tanging kagandahan. She has natural beauty. mang-angkin, angkinin (mang-:-in)

v.
• • to claim ownership usually of something that legally belongs to someone else. Nang-angkin na naman ito ng hindi kanya. He's claiming possession again of things that aren't his.

interes

Sp n.
• • 1. percentage of profit or gain on a sum of money [syn. tubo', patubo']
  • 2. sympathetic feeling
  • 3. desire to obtain or possess