See Also: possessed(dictionary)
self-possessed(dictionary)
NOT POSSESSED(law)
POSSESSED(law)

over-optimistic (oh) and possessed (oh)


over-optimistic (oh)



adj
expecting that things will be better than is possible or likely
::over-optimistic forecasts of economic growth

possessed (oh)



if someone is possessed, their mind is controlled by something evil
::She was convinced he was possessed by the devil .
like a man/woman possessed literary (=with a lot of energy or violence)
be possessed of sth
literary to have a particular quality, ability etc
::She was possessed of a fine and original mind.
-see also self-possessed