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Thesaurus: poss

To push; to dash; to throw.

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  1. v. t. To push; to dash; to throw.
  2. To push; to dash; to throw. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] A cat . . . possed them [the rats] about. Piers Plowman.
  3. To push; to dash; to throw. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]A cat . . . possed them [the rats] about. Piers Plowman.
  4. n a radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor n a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army n a European river; flows into the Adriatic Sea n an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States