possessed adj

1 influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion; "by love possessed" [syn: obsessed, possessed(p)]

2 in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" [syn: amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)]

English

Pronunciation

Verb

possessed

1. past of possess

Adjective

1. controlled by evil spirits

   He was exorcised because he was thought to be possessed by the Devil.

Adjective

1. In the context of "construed with of": owning something

   The president was possessed of great wealth.

Translations

Possessed may be:

• Possession, having some degree of control over something else
  • Spirit possession, whereby gods, daemons, demons, animas, or other disincarnate entities may temporarily take control of a human body
    • Demonic possession, spirit possession by a malevolent entity

Titles of expressive works

Written:

• The Possessed (novel), 1872 -- Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • The Possessed (play), 1959 -- adapted Albert Camus
• "The Possessed" (short story), a 1951 short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• The Possessed (comics), 2003

English-language-original films:

• Possessed (1931 film), a drama starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford
• Possessed (1947 film), a film noir staring Joan Crawford
• Possessed (2000 film), a TV-movie starring Timothy Dalton
• The Possessed (1977 film), American, horror -- James Farentino and Harrison Ford
• Possessed, aka Junoon (film), 1978 Indian epic

Non-English or translated films:

• The Possessed (1988 film), French -- Omar Sharif
• Possessed (1999 film), Danish
• Possessed (2006 film), Malaysian, horror film

Music:

• Possessed (album) -- Venom
• Possessed (1997 album) -- The Klezmatics
• Possessed (demo), 1998 -- Gojira
• Possessed 13, a 2003 album -- The Crown

Bands

• Possessed (band), American metal -- 1980s and 2000's

See also:

• Repossession, a financial institution taking back property
• Repossessed, a parody/spoof film from 1991 starring Leslie Nielsen

• The Dispossessed

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