possess
                            // possesses, possessing, possessed
                            a formal word.
                     1
                            If you possess something, you have it or own it.
                            How I longed to possess a suit like that.
                            They were found guilty of possessing petrol bombs.
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                     2
                            To possess a quality, ability, or feature means to have it.
                            He possessed the qualities of a war leader.
                            For hundreds of years London possessed only one bridge.
                                                                                                                                                                         VB WITH OBJ