- possessed (by something) (of a person or their mind) controlled by an evil spirit
- She has convinced herself that she is possessed by the devil.
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Idioms
See possessed in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybe possessed of something
- (formal) to have a particular quality or feature
- She was possessed of exceptional powers of concentration.
like a man/woman possessed | like one possessed
- with a lot of force or energy
- He flew out of the room like a man possessed.
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