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Possessive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Pertaining to possession; having possession.

2. Possessive case, in English grammar, is the genitive case, or case of nouns and pronouns, which expresses, 1st, possession, ownership, as John's book; or 2dly, some relation of one thing to another, as Homer's admirers.

Possessive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession.

Possessive [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The possessive case.

2. A possessive pronoun, or a word in the possessive case.

Possessively [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a possessive manner.