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Possessive

adjective

Serving to express or indicate possession. Synonym: genitive. "The genitive endings"

Desirous of owning.

Having or showing a desire to control or dominate.

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"Possessive" Quotes from Famous Books

... be joking. Now, decline He.' 'Nominative he, possessive his, objective him.' 'You see, his is possessive. Now, you can say his book, but you can't say him book.' 'Yes, I do say hymn book, too,' said the impracticable scholar, with a quizzical twinkle. Each one of these sallies made his young teacher laugh, ...

— Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made • James D. McCabe, Jr.

... troubled eyes. She was no longer afraid. After all, strange as he looked, more strangely as he talked, he was her Pierre, her man. The confidence of her heart had not been seriously shaken by his coldness and his moods during this winter. There had been times of fierce, possessive tenderness. She was his own woman, his property; at this low counting did she rate herself. A sane man does no injury to his own possessions. And Pierre, of course, was sane. He was tired, angry, he had been drinking—her ignorance, her inexperience ...

— The Branding Iron • Katharine Newlin Burt

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