Definitions for: Possessive


[adj] desirous of owning; "small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys"
[adj] having or showing a desire to control or dominate; "a possessive parent"
[adj] (grammar) serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings"



Webster (1913) Definition: Pos*sess"ive, a. [L. possessivus: cf. F.
possessif.]
Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating
possession.

Possessive case (Eng. Gram.), the genitive case; the case
of nouns and pronouns which expresses ownership, origin,
or some possessive relation of one thing to another; as,
Homer's admirers; the pear's flavor; the dog's
faithfulness.

Possessive pronoun, a pronoun denoting ownership; as, his
name; her home; my book.


Pos*sess"ive, n.
1. (Gram.) The possessive case.

2. (Gram.) A possessive pronoun, or a word in the possessive
case.

Synonyms: acquisitive, dominant, genitive

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