possideō sēdī, sessus, ēre por (for pro)+sedeo, to have and hold, be master of, own, possess: ex edicto bona: partem agri, Cs.: solum bello captum, L.: plus Pallante, Iu.

—To hold possession of, occupy: ferro saeptus possidet sedes sacras, Poet. ap. C.: Zephyri possidet aura nemus, Pr.

— Fig., to possess, have: plus fidei quam artis in se: hunc diem, i. e. is worshipped on this day, O.