different between inhold vs possess

English

Etymology

From in- +? hold. Compare Old English onhealdan (“to hold, keep, maintain”). More at in, hold.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??ld

Verb

inhold (third-person singular simple present inholds, present participle inholding, simple past inheld, past participle inheld or (obsolete) inholden)

1. To contain, hold in.
   • 2002, Brian Massumi, A shock to thought: expression after Deleuze and Guattari:

     Sound implicates these obscure tethers, which connect sound to noise, thereby giving sound its sense. The implicated difference inholds an obscure reserve of sense.

2. To possess inherently, contain in oneself.
   • c. 1604-1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, Cynthia

     If to the living were my muse addressed, Or did my mind her own spirit still inhold

Synonyms

• possess

Related terms

• inholding
• inholder

Anagrams

• hold in, holdin'

Old English

Etymology

From in- (“very, thoroughly”) +? hold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?in?xold/, [?in?ho?d]

Adjective

inhold

1. utterly loyal; loyal from the heart

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English possessen, from Old French possesser (“to possess”), from Latin possessus, past participle of posside?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??z?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Verb

possess (third-person singular simple present possesses, present participle possessing, simple past and past participle possessed)

1. (transitive) To have; to have ownership of.
2. (transitive) To take control of someone's body or mind, especially in a supernatural manner.
3. (transitive, dated) Chiefly followed by of: to vest ownership in (someone or oneself); to give (someone) knowledge or power; to acquaint, to inform (someone).

Conjugation

Synonyms

• ((with of), to vest ownership): seise
• (qualities or characteristics): inhold

Translations