POSSESSED BY Definition & Meaning

possessed by

Driven by, obsessed with, as in He was possessed by the idea of becoming a millionaire. This idiom employs possess in the sense of “dominate one's thoughts or ideas,” a usage dating from the late 1500s.

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They may become so disoriented and possessed by terror that they hit the person who is trying to save them.

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Officials warn that existing systems have not kept pace with increasingly sophisticated weapons possessed by potential adversaries.

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It’s 20 years for me and Jer writing together, and I’d never felt more possessed by it.

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She wrote that she believed that her two youngest were possessed by demons and by mistreating them, she would get closer to God.

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Dressed in MJ's Billie Jean outfit, she pirouetted and moonwalked and jumped on the tables as if she'd been possessed by the man himself.

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