Of or belonging to oneself or itself, to keep or maintain one's possessions; to yield nothing; esp., to suffer no loss or disadvantage in a contest, belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive, verb_ have ownership or possession of, intransitive verb_ To have or possess as property, To have control over, To admit as being in accordance with fact, truth, or a claim; acknowledge, transitive verb_ To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a particular character, To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to be the proprietor or possessor of; to possess, To virtually or figuratively enslave, noun_ That which belongs to one