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  • 41obsess — ob|sess [əbˈses] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of obsidere to besiege ] 1.) [T usually passive] if something or someone obsesses you, you think or worry about them all the time and you cannot think about anything else… …

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  • 42Obsession — Ob|ses|si|on die; , en unter Einfluss von gleichbed. engl. obsession aus lat. obsessio »Einschließung, Belagerung« zu obsidere »besetzt halten, blockieren«> Zwangsvorstellung; Handlung, die mit Angsterlebnissen verbunden ist (Psychol.) …

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  • 43obsession —    A state of being besieged by DEMONs. Obsession is derived from the Latin obsidere and refers to a state of siege or an attack on a person or personality from without. Sometimes the term is used interchangeably with OPPRESSION or even… …

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  • 44obsess — (v.) c.1500, to besiege, from L. obsessus, pp. of obsidere besiege, occupy, lit. sit opposite to, from ob against (see OB (Cf. ob )) + sedere sit (see SEDENTARY (Cf. sedentary)). Of evil spirits, to haunt, from 1530s …

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  • 45obsession — (n.) 1510s, action of besieging, from L. obsessionem (nom. obsessio) siege, noun of action from pp. stem of obsidere to besiege (see OBSESS (Cf. obsess)). Later, hostile action of an evil spirit (like possession but without the spirit actually… …

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  • 46obsess — verb preoccupy continually or to a troubling extent. ↘be constantly worrying about something. Derivatives obsessive adjective &noun obsessively adverb obsessiveness noun Origin ME: from L. obsess , obsidere besiege …

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  • 47opsesija — opsèsija ž DEFINICIJA psih. 1. a. učestale i trajne misli, porivi ili slike koje se doživljavaju kao namećuće i ometajuće [imati opsesije] b. pren. razg. glavni motiv, želja ili cilj koji nekoga nagoni na djelovanje [opsesija brzom vožnjom] 2.… …

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  • 48opsedantan — opsedàntan prid. <odr. tnī> DEFINICIJA koji je nametljiv; napastan, dosadan ETIMOLOGIJA fr. obsédant ← obséder: gnjaviti, salijetati ≃ lat. obsidere: opsjedati …

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  • 49obsess — ob•sess [[t]əbˈsɛs[/t]] v. t. 1) to dominate or excessively preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of; haunt 2) cvb to think about something unceasingly • Etymology: 1495–1505; < L obsessus, ptp. of obsidēre to occupy, frequent, besiege …

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  • 50assieger — une ville, Circumuallare, Obsidere, Obsidium facere, Circumsedere, Vrbem obsidione cingere. L Italien le dit de mesme façon Assediar, combien qu en ce nom siege ils ne le dise de mesmes nous, ains Assedio. Tant de choses m assiegent tout à un… …

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