possesseth

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A form of possess — To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own.

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Meanings

verb
  1. archaicindicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of possess

    And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 36:8

Origin

From possess + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix.

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Chicago

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