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Word Meanings - DEMONOMANIA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils.

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  • POSSESSIVE
    Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession. Possessive case , the genitive case; the case of nouns and pronouns which expresses ownership, origin, or some possessive relation of one thing to another; as, Homer's admirers; the
  • POSSESSIONER
    1. A possessor; a property holder. "Possessioners of riches." E. Hall. Having been of old freemen and possessioners. Sir P. Sidney. 2. An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc.,
  • PATIENTLY
    In a patient manner. Cowper.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • POSSESSIONARY
    Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession.
  • POSSESSOR
    One who possesses; one who occupies, holds, owns, or controls; one who has actual participation or enjoyment, generally of that which is desirable; a proprietor. "Possessors of eternal glory." Law. As if he had been possessor of the whole world.
  • HIMSELF
    1. An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself.
  • POSSESSION
    The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful. Note: Possession may be either actual or constructive; actual, when a party has the immediate occupancy;
  • HIMSELF; HIMSELVE; HIMSELVEN
    Themselves. See Hemself. Chaucer.
  • POSSESSIVELY
    In a possessive manner.
  • POSSESSORY
    Of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right; of the nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a possessory lord. Possessory action or suit , an action to regain or obtain possession of something. See under Petitory.
  • DEVILSHIP
    The character or person of a devil or the devil. Cowley.
  • POSSESS
    possess, from an inseparable prep. + sedere to sit. 1. To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold. Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. Jer. xxxii. 15. Yet beauty,
  • MADNESS
    1. The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy. 2. Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly. Syn. -- Insanity; distraction; derangement; craziness; lunacy; mania; frenzy; franticness; rage; aberration; alienation; monomania. See Insanity.
  • POSSESSIVAL
    Of or pertaining to the possessive case; as, a possessival termination. Earle.
  • PATIENT
    1. Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear. Patient of severest toil and hardship. Bp. Fell. 2. Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-
  • COMPATIENT
    Suffering or enduring together. Sir G. Buck.
  • OVERPATIENT
    Patient to excess.
  • OMNIPATIENT
    Capable of enduring all things. Carlyle.
  • OUT-PATIENT
    A patient who is outside a hospital, but receives medical aid from it.
  • DISPOSSESS
    To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown. Usurp the land, and dispossess
  • REPOSSESS
    To possess again; as, to repossess the land. Pope. To repossess one's self of , to acquire again .
  • UNPOSSESS
    To be without, or to resign, possession of.
  • DISPOSSESSOR
    One who dispossesses. Cowley.
  • FOREPOSSESSED
    1. Holding or held formerly in possession. 2. Preoccupied; prepossessed; preëngaged. Not extremely forepossessed with prejudice. Bp. Sanderson.
  • DISPOSSESSION
    The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster. (more info) 1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. Bp. Hall.
  • SELF-POSSESSION
    The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.
  • SELF-POSSESSED
    Composed or tranquill in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed.
  • PREPOSSESSION
    1. Preoccupation; prior possession. Hammond. 2. Preoccupation of the mind by an opinion, or impression, already formed; preconceived opinion; previous impression; bias; -- generally, but not always, used in a favorable sense; as, the prepossessions

 

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