obsess

== English == === Etymology === From Latin obsessus, perfect passive participle of obsideō (“sit on or in, remain, besiege”), from ob- (“before”) + sedeō (“to sit”); see sit, session, etc.; compare assess, possess. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əbˈsɛs/ Rhymes: -ɛs === Verb === obsess (third-person singular simple present obsesses, present participle obsessing, simple past and past participle obsessed) (passive voice, constructed with "with") To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion. (transitive) To dominate the thoughts of someone. (intransitive, colloquial, construed with over) To think or talk obsessively about. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== obsession ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “obsess”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “obsess”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === bosses, Bosses