impossessarsi
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Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]impossessàrsi (first-person singular present mi impossèsso, first-person singular past historic mi impossessài, past participle impossessàto) (intransitive)
- to seize, to take possession [with di ‘of something’]
- Synonym: impadronirsi (more common)
- (uncommon) to kidnap [with di ‘someone’]
- (figurative) to take hold of, to possess [with di ‘someone or their soul’] (of a vice, passion, etc.)
- (figurative) to master [with di ‘a subject’]
- Synonym: impadronirsi (more common)