verb

• (transitive)
• To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own.
• Of an idea, thought, etc.: to dominate (someone's mind); to strongly influence.
• Of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person's body or mind).
• (also reflexive, chiefly literary and poetic) Of a person: to control or dominate (oneself or someone, or one's own or someone's heart, mind, etc.).
• To dominate (a person) sexually; to have sexual intercourse with (a person).
• (archaic)
• To cause an idea, thought, etc., to strongly affect or influence (someone); to inspire, to preoccupy.
• To occupy the attention or time of (someone).
• (also literary) To obtain or seize (something); to gain, to win.
• (also reflexive) Chiefly followed by of or with: to vest ownership of something in (oneself or someone); to bestow upon, to endow.
• (law) To have control or possession of, but not to own (a chattel or an interest in land).
• (obsolete)
• To give (someone) information or knowledge; to acquaint, to inform.
• To have the ability to use, or knowledge of (a language, a skill, etc.)
• To inhabit or occupy (a place).
• Chiefly followed by that: to convince or persuade (someone).
• (intransitive)
• To dominate sexually; to have sexual intercourse with.
• To inhabit or occupy a place.