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  1. Possessing

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of possessing in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of possessing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of possessing in a Sentence

  1. Vida D. Scudder:

    It is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed.

  2. Madame de Lambert:

    The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them and they make us despair in losing them.

  3. Lee Chun-geun:

    It's hard to regard North Korea as possessing an H-bomb. I think it seems to be developing it.

  4. Eugene Delacroix:

    What makes men of genius, or rather, what they make, is not new ideas, it is that idea - possessing them - that what has been said has still not been said enough.

  5. George Pell:

    It is important to point out that the Vatican is not broke ... the Holy See is paying its way, while possessing substantial assets and investments.

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    the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
    A elan
    B ternion
    C encumbrance
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