define possessing
possess verb [T] (CONTROL). âº (of a âwish or an âidea) to take âcontrol over a person's âmind, making that âperson âbehave in a very âstrange way: [+ to infinitive] Whatever possessed him to âwear that âappalling âjacket! (Definition of possess from the Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).