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Possessive   /pəzˈɛsɪv/   Listen
adjective
Possessive  adj.  Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession.
Possessive case (Eng. Gram.), 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 pear's flavor; the dog's faithfulness.
Possessive pronoun, a pronoun denoting ownership; as, his name; her home; my book.


noun
Possessive  n.  
1.
(Gram.) The possessive case.
2.
(Gram.) A possessive pronoun, or a word in the possessive case.





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"Possessive" Quotes from Famous Books



... her interrogation point. At the day of Pentecost people were saying, "What do these things mean?" To-day they never think of saying it. I have been told in a little pamphlet issued by an English writer that the church has lost her possessive case, which means that somehow she has gone on without realizing that the risen, glorified Christ is her blessed Lord. It is a great thing to say "Jesus"; infinitely greater is it to say "My Jesus." ...
— And Judas Iscariot - Together with other evangelistic addresses • J. Wilbur Chapman
... delicately beautiful fragment of dreamy metaphor. There is probably a slight misprint in the last line, since the construction there becomes somewhat obscure. "My Love's Eyes" has merit, but lacks polish. The word "azure" in the first stanza, need not be in the possessive case; whilst the use of a singular verb with a plural noun in the second stanza (smiles-beguiles) is a little less than grammatical. "Longing" exhibits the author at her best, the images and phraseology alike ...
— Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 • Howard Phillips Lovecraft
... little that the article "the" should have replaced the possessive pronoun "my." But on reflection she decided that one might not unreasonably object to confessing in so many words to the possession of a dog who so persistently did all the things he ought not to do. And, anyway, it was nice of Mr. Maclin to ...
— Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 • Various
... the same way that she had done when she was ill and asked if I liked bitters concealed. She waited as long without reply. The pause grew oppressive, and I spanned it by an assurance of individual possessive happiness. ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 62, December, 1862 • Various
... and nad bi mui na tai. Muisse is in old Irish the possessive of the first sing when followed by a noun it becomes mo, when not so followed it is mui; tai is also found for do. O'Curry gave this line as "there is ...
— Heroic Romances of Ireland Volumes 1 and 2 Combined • A. H. Leahy


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