possessionate

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English possessionate. === Pronunciation === enPR: pə-zĕsh′ən-ət (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /pəˈzɛʃ.ən.ət/; (also Scotland) /pʌˈzɛʃ.ʌn.ʌt/ (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /pəˈzeʃ.ən.ət/ (India) IPA(key): /poˈzɛ(ː)ʃ.on.aʈ/ Rhymes: -ɛʃənət Hyphenation: pos‧ses‧​sion‧​ate === Adjective === possessionate (comparative more possessionate, superlative most possessionate) (obsolete) Having possessions. === Further reading === “possessionate, adj.”, in Collins English Dictionary, accessed 2 May 2026. “possessionate, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. “possessionate, adj.”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “possessionate, adj.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, volumes XII (Poise–Quelt), Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 173, column 2. == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From possessiōnātus + -ē. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔs.sɛs.si.oːˈnaː.teː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pos.ses.si.oˈnaː.te] Hyphenation: pos‧ses‧si‧ō‧nā‧tē ==== Adverb ==== possessiōnātē (not comparable) (Medieval Latin) with property === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔs.sɛs.si.oːˈnaː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pos.ses.si.oˈnaː.te] Hyphenation: pos‧ses‧si‧ō‧nā‧te ==== Adjective ==== possessiōnāte vocative masculine singular of possessiōnātus === References === === Further reading === R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “possessionate”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC == Middle English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin possessiōnātus. === Adjective === possessionate possessionate ==== Descendants ==== > English: possessionate (inherited) === Further reading === “possessiọ̄nāt(e), adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 May 2026.