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pos·ses·sive    Audio Help   [puh-zes-iv] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.jealously opposed to the personal independence of, or to any influence other than one's own upon, a child, spouse, etc.
2.desirous of possessing, esp. excessively so: Young children are so possessive they will not allow others to play with their toys; a possessive lover.
3.of or pertaining to possession or ownership.
4.Grammar.
a.indicating possession, ownership, origin, etc. His in his book is a possessive adjective. His in The book is his is a possessive pronoun.
b.noting or pertaining to a case that indicates possession, ownership, origin, etc., as, in English, John's in John's hat.
–noun Grammar.
5.the possessive case.
6.a form in the possessive.
[Origin: 1520–30; < L possessīvus. See possess, -ive]

—Related forms
pos·ses·sive·ly, adverb
pos·ses·sive·ness, noun
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Main Entry:  jealous
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Fearful of the loss of position or affection.
Synonyms:  clutching
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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