Synonyms for possessive
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : puh-zes-iv |
| Phonetic Transcription : pəˈzɛs ɪv |
Définition of possessive
Origin :- mid-15c. (grammatical, also as a noun); 1550s in general use, from Middle French possessif (15c.) "relating to possession, possessive," and directly from Latin possessivus, from possess-, past participle stem of possidere "to possess" (see possess). Related: Possessively; possessiveness.
- adj greedy
- But he passed them by, for she was waiting for him and he was hungry for the possessive love of his slave.
- Extract from : « Life Sentence » by James McConnell
- The possessive construction seems to me, however, to be preferable.
- Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
- The pronoun which, originally indeclinable, had no possessive.
- Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
- His eyes were an index of the man, bold and possessive and unwavering.
- Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
- They never used the "s" in indication of the possessive case.
- Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass
- Nouns in the plural ending in s take an apostrophe only to form the possessive.
- Extract from : « Punctuation » by Frederick W. Hamilton
- Was it a shade too possessive and complacently sure for a stranger?
- Extract from : « A Voice in the Wilderness » by Grace Livingston Hill
- It is an ecstasy completely purged of the possessive instinct.
- Extract from : « The Complex Vision » by John Cowper Powys
- Of all mortal instincts, the possessive instinct is the most insidious and most evil.
- Extract from : « The Complex Vision » by John Cowper Powys
- The possessive instinct is, in its profoundest abyss, an amorist of death.
- Extract from : « The Complex Vision » by John Cowper Powys
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