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Grammar : Verb
Spell : uhb-ses
Phonetic Transcription : əbˈsɛs

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Définition of obsess

Origin :
  • c.1500, "to besiege," from Latin obsessus, past participle of obsidere "watch closely; besiege, occupy; stay, remain, abide" literally "sit opposite to," from ob "against" (see ob-) + sedere "sit" (see sedentary). Of evil spirits, "to haunt," from 1530s. Psychological sense is 20c. Related: Obsessed; obsessing.
  • verb preoccupy
Example sentences :
  • But my fears that their mental suggestions might obsess her were baseless.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • The idea to sell out began to obsess him, and in the end he sold.
  • Extract from : « Colorado Jim » by George Goodchild
  • A dangerous thought had come to him and begun to obsess his mind.
  • Extract from : « Aladdin of London » by Sir Max Pemberton
  • He could not quite account for this sudden shadow which seemed to obsess the room.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Gives » by Owen Johnson
  • What are all the torments of war compared to the thoughts that obsess us night and day?
  • Extract from : « Above the Battle » by Romain Rolland
  • But it is like Galahad we must seek the eternal mysteries that obsess Arthur Machen.
  • Extract from : « Arthur Machen » by Vincent Starrett
  • It was the watch for the ancient Being who sought to obsess him.
  • Extract from : « Three John Silence Stories » by Algernon Blackwood
  • The fear she had expressed to Tunis Latham the evening before did not obsess her.
  • Extract from : « Sheila of Big Wreck Cove » by James A. Cooper
  • If the world continued to confine and obsess him, he hated the world, and gasped for freedom.
  • Extract from : « Winds Of Doctrine » by George Santayana
  • His own part in the threatening catastrophe began to obsess him.
  • Extract from : « The Breaking Point » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

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