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posses

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noun

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The correct spelling is posses. A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd.
  2. 2.A group of people summoned to help law enforcement.
  3. 3.A search party.
  4. 4.A criminal gang.
  5. 5.A group of (especially young) people seen as constituting a peer group or band of associates; a gang, a group of friends.

verb

  1. 1.To mix with a vertical motion, especially when agitating laundry in a tub.
  2. 2.To push; to dash; to throw.

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