Posied (a.) Inscribed with a posy.
Posingly (adv.) So as to pose or puzzle.
Posited (imp. & p. p.) of Posit
Positing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Posit
Posit (v. t.) To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.
Posit (v. t.) To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a principle.
Position (n.) The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.
Position (n.) The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position.
Position (n.) Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position.
Position (n.) Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position.
Position (n.) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the rule of trial and error.
Position (v. t.) To indicate the position of; to place.
Positional (a.) Of or pertaining to position.
Positive (a.) Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.
Positive (a.) Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute; -- opposed to relative; as, the idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes individuals.
Positive (a.) Definitely laid down; explicitly stated; clearly expressed; -- opposed to implied; as, a positive declaration or promise.
Positive (a.) Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion; not dependent on circumstances or probabilities; not speculative; compelling assent or obedience; peremptory; indisputable; decisive; as, positive instructions; positive truth; positive proof.
Positive (a.) Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.
Positive (a.) Fully assured; confident; certain; sometimes, overconfident; dogmatic; overbearing; -- said of persons.
Positive (a.) Having the power of direct action or influence; as, a positive voice in legislation.
Positive (a.) Corresponding with the original in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed; as, a positive picture.
Positive (a.) Electro-positive.
Positive (a.) Hence, basic; metallic; not acid; -- opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
Positive (n.) That which is capable of being affirmed; reality.
Positive (n.) That which settles by absolute appointment.
Positive (n.) The positive degree or form.
Positive (n.) A picture in which the lights and shades correspond in position with those of the original, instead of being reversed, as in a negative.
Positive (n.) The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
Positively (adv.) In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively.
Positiveness (n.) The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive, a.
Positivism (n.) A system of philosophy originated by M. Auguste Comte, which deals only with positives. It excludes from philosophy everything but the natural phenomena or properties of knowable things, together with their invariable relations of coexistence and succession, as occurring in time and space. Such relations are denominated laws, which are to be discovered by observation, experiment, and comparison. This philosophy holds all inquiry into causes, both efficient and final, to be useless and unprofitable.
Positivist (n.) A believer in positivism.
Positivist (a.) Relating to positivism.
Positivity (n.) Positiveness.
Positure (n.) See Posture.
Posnet (n.) A little basin; a porringer; a skillet.
Posologic (a.) Alt. of Posological
Posological (a.) Pertaining to posology.
Posology (n.) The science or doctrine of doses; dosology.
Pospolite (n.) A kind of militia in Poland, consisting of the gentry, which, in case of invasion, was summoned to the defense of the country.
Poss (v. t.) To push; to dash; to throw.
Posse (n.) See Posse comitatus.
Posse comitatus () The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or executing any legal precept which is forcibly opposed.
Posse comitatus () A collection of people; a throng; a rabble.
Possessed (imp. & p. p.) of Possess
Possessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Possess
Possess (v. t.) To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.
Possess (v. t.) To have the legal title to; to have a just right to; to be master of; to own; to have; as, to possess property, an estate, a book.
Possess (v. t.) To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to gain; to seize.
Possess (v. t.) To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to fill; to affect; -- said especially of evil spirits, passions, etc.
Possess (v. t.) To put in possession; to make the owner or holder of property, power, knowledge, etc.; to acquaint; to inform; -- followed by of or with before the thing possessed, and now commonly used reflexively.
Possession (n.) The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.
Possession (n.) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.
Possession (n.) The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.
Possession (n.) The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession.
Possession (v. t.) To invest with property.
Possessionary (a.) Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession.
Possessioner (n.) A possessor; a property holder.
Possessioner (n.) An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., as contrasted with mendicant friars.
Possessival (a.) Of or pertaining to the possessive case; as, a possessival termination.
Possessive (a.) Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession.
Possessive (n.) The possessive case.
Possessive (n.) A possessive pronoun, or a word in the possessive case.
Possessively (adv.) In a possessive manner.
Possessor (n.) One who possesses; one who occupies, holds, owns, or controls; one who has actual participation or enjoyment, generally of that which is desirable; a proprietor.
Possessory (a.) Of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right; of the nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a possessory lord.
Posset (n.) A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, as by wine, etc., -- much in favor formerly.
Posseted (imp. & p. p.) of Posset
Posseting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Posset
Posset (v. t.) To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate; as, to posset the blood.
Posset (v. t.) To treat with possets; to pamper.
Possibilities (pl. ) of Possibility
Possibility (n.) The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.
Possibility (n.) That which is possible; a contingency; a thing or event that may not happen; a contingent interest, as in real or personal estate.
Possible (a.) Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things; -- sometimes used to express extreme improbability; barely able to be, or to come to pass; as, possibly he is honest, as it is possible that Judas meant no wrong.
Possibly (adv.) In a possible manner; by possible means; especially, by extreme, remote, or improbable intervention, change, or exercise of power; by a chance; perhaps; as, possibly he may recover.
Possum (n.) An opossum.
Post- () A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure, postdot, postscript.
Post (a.) Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.
Post (n.) A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house.
Post (n.) The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
Post (n.) The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station.
Post (n.) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post.
Post (n.) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
Post (n.) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited.
Post (n.) A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman.
Post (n.) An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported.
Post (n.) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
Post (n.) One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station.
Post (n.) A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.
Post (n.) A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper.
Posted (imp. & p. p.) of Post
Posting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Post
Post (v. t.) To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice; to post playbills.
Post (v. t.) To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice.
Post (v. t.) To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like.
Post (v. t.) To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel.
Post (v. t.) To carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger.
Post (v. t.) To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter.
Post (v. t.) To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted with the details of a subject; -- often with up.