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What does possest mean?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

"Possest" is an old spelling of our word, possessed.

You will run across this, and other spellings of the word in English (and American) writings of the 1500 and 1600's.

Probably the most quoted use of the spelling, "possest" is in John Donne's poem, "Love's Alchymie." Donne, as many writers before and after, would sometimes spell a word so as to alter the way it was pronounced, allowing a better fit into their prose or poetry. And, in general, the attitude toward spelling was much more flexible in Donne's time than today.

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