Possessive
1possessive — [pə zes′iv] adj. [L possessivus] 1. of possession, or ownership 2. a) showing, or characterized by a desire for, possession [a possessive child] b) having or showing a desire to dominate, control, influence, etc. [a possessive mother] 3 …
2Possessive — may be:* Possessive case * Possessive adjective * Possessive pronoun * Possessive suffix * Possessive construction, pattern among words indicating possession (linguistics) See also * Possession (disambiguation) * Possessed (disambiguation) * The… …
3Possessive — Pos*sess ive, a. [L. possessivus: cf. F. possessif.] Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession. [1913 Webster] {Possessive case} (Eng. Gram.), the genitive case; the case of nouns and pronouns which expresses ownership,… …
4Possessive — Pos*sess ive, n. 1. (Gram.) The possessive case. [1913 Webster] 2. (Gram.) A possessive pronoun, or a word in the possessive case. [1913 Webster] …
5Possessive me — is the nonstandard use of me in places whereDubious|date=March 2008 standard English has my occurring in Cockney leading to sentences like: That s me house (That s my house) …
6possessive — index jealous, mercenary Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
7possessive — 1520s (grammatical); 1550s (in general use), from L. possessivus, from possess , pp. stem of possidere “to possess.” Related: Possessiveness …
8possessive — see apostrophe …
9possessive — [adj] greedy acquisitive, avaricious, controlling, craving, desirous, dominating, grabby, grasping, hoggish*, selfish; concepts 326,403,542 …
10possessive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) demanding someone s total attention and love. 2) unwilling to share one s possessions. 3) Grammar expressing possession. DERIVATIVES possessively adverb possessiveness noun …
