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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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