Meaning & use
possess
To have or own something, or to have a particular quality or ability.
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She possesses a rare talent for calming down anxious patients.
The museum possesses several paintings that were once thought lost.
A note on using this word
More formal than "have"; also used for abstract qualities, as in "possess courage," not just physical objects.
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