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possessible

possessible

7.6
Something a person can own or keep
  • adjective
  • /pəˈzɛsəbl/
translation icon : poseíble
  • The gallery displayed several possessible artifacts from ancient civilizations.

Examples

  • In this sale, we have a number of possessible antiques that could enhance any home.

  • His collection included many possessible items that were once owned by famous figures.

  • I would point out in passing that we are engaged here today in a fairly complex variation on exactly that ritual in an edifice, the Whitney Museum, that houses all manner of validated, possessible works of art, I believe they are called.

    Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

ownable
vspossessible
  • Specialized
5.0

Able to be legally kept by someone

is a general ability to be had not limited to legal rules
holdable
vspossessible
4.4

Can be kept or owned for a long time

is about being able to be had rather than duration
acquirable
vspossessible
4.9

Something you can get by buying or learning

is about being able to be had not the act of getting it

Surface Forms

possessible positive
possessibler comparative
possessiblest superlative

Morphology

possessible = possess (transparent) = possess + ible

A regular adjectival formation from the verb 'possess' with '-ible' meaning 'able to be possessed', matching the definition 'able to be owned'.

Etymology

Possessible comes from the old Latin word possidēre, which means 'to have' or 'to hold', and you can see the same idea in the English words possess and possession, so something possessible is 'able to be owned'.