Definition of "possessing" []

• Present participle of possess. (verb)

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• "He appeared on the screen, his expression possessing that odd combination of severity and compassion that Calhoun knew only too well."
• "The true measure of that Prize should not be in possessing it to shield dictatorships from scrutiny, but in using it to help free humanity from the yoke of oppression."
• "Its “emotional appeal” lay in possessing what “others do not and generally cannot enjoy” (39)."