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possum meaning in English

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possum [posse, potui, -] verb

be able, canverb

possum, (use the subjunctive tense of the verb that follows) sim, mihi licet, licet verb

may(have permission to)
verb
[UK: meɪ] [US: ˈmeɪ]
But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it? = Et ille ait: Domine Deus, unde scire possum quod possessurus sim eam?

possum, scio, (more a indirect object) queo verb

be able to(have ability to)
verb
[UK: bi ˈeɪb.l̩ tuː] [US: bi ˈeɪb.l̩ ˈtuː]

pessumdo [pessumdare, pessumdedi, possumdatus] (1st) TRANS
verb

destroy, ruinverb

do away with, removeverb

put an end toverb
[UK: ˈpʊt ən end tuː ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] [US: ˈpʊt ˈæn ˈend ˈtuː ˈsʌm.θɪŋ]

sink, send to the bottomverb

praepossum [praeposse, praepotui, -] verb
INTRANS

be very powerfulverb

gain upper handverb