Possessed

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late Middle English: from Old French possesser, from Latin possess- ‘occupied, held’, from the verb possidere, from potis ‘able, capable’ + sedere ‘sit’.


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possessed (adj.)

"controlled by an indwelling demon or evil spirit," 1530s, past-participle adjective from possess (v.). An Old English and Middle English phrase for it was devel seoc.