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possessive

possessive [ML < CL possessivus+-e] , (gram.) in a manner that expresses acquisition or ownership. ‘Deum Pharaonis’, i. ~e, non natura Comm. Cant. I 238; aliquando invenitur quod hoc verbum ‘est’ non tenetur copulative set ~e vel adquisitive ‥ ut ‘hoc est Platonis’ Bacon XV 132.

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