Definition of Possessives

1. Noun. (plural of possessive) ¹

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Definition of Possessives

1. possessive [n] - See also: possessive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Possessives

possessival
possessive
possessive-pronoun
possessive adjective
possessive adjectives
possessive case
possessive cases
possessive determiner
possessive determiners
possessive pronoun
possessive pronouns
possessive suffix
possessive suffixes
possessively
possessiveness
possessives
possessor
possessors
possessorship
possessory
possessour
possessours
possesst
possest
posset
posseted
posseting
possets
possibilia
possibilism

Literary usage of Possessives

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Old English Grammar by Eduard Sievers (1893)
"The possessives are formed from the stems of the personal pronouns of the first and ... The declension of the possessives is the same as that of the strong ..."

2. A Practical German Grammar by Calvin Thomas (1895)
"Each of the possessives forms, further, a derivative stem in ig (unfer and euer losing their e before the suffix), which is used only after ber and has also ..."

3. Junior High School English by Thomas Henry Briggs (1921)
"As you doubtless know, all such words are called "possessives. ... Show that all the possessives except "yours" in the sentences above are adjective ..."

4. Junior High School English by Thomas Henry Briggs, Isabel McKinney, Florence Vane Skeffington (1921)
"As you doubtless know, all such words are called " possessives. ... Show that all the possessives except " yours " in the sentences above are adjective ..."

5. The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown (1851)
"... UNDER RULE IV; OF Possessives. ... Possessives CONNECTED. " It was necessary to have both the ..."

6. The Institutes of English Grammar, Methodically Arranged: With Forms of by Goold Brown (1861)
"Possessives. A noun or a pronoun in the Possessive case, is governed by the name of the thing possessed ; as, " Theirs is the vanity, the learning thine ..."

7. The Institutes of English Grammar, Methodically Arranged: With Forms of by Goold Brown, Henry Kiddle (1873)
"Possessives. sA noun or a pronoun in the Possessive case, is gor- •^ erned by the name of the thing possessed; as, " Theirs is the vanity, the learning ..."

8. The Institutes of English Grammar Methodically Arranged: With Forms of by Goold Brown, Henry Kiddle (1873)
"To what purpose can he transpose a sentence, who does not first see what it means, and how to explain or parse it as it stands 1 EULE XIX.—Possessives. ..."

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