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   obsess

   /əbˈsɛs/

   verb

   • 1. preoccupy or fill the mind of (someone) continually and to a troubling extent: "he was obsessed with the idea of revenge"
   • ▪ be constantly talking or worrying about something: "her husband, who is obsessing about the wrong she has done him"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘haunt, possess’, referring to an evil spirit): from Latin obsess- ‘besieged’, from the verb obsidere, from ob- ‘opposite’ + sedere ‘sit’. The current sense dates from the late 19th century.

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   Obsessed definition: having an obsession (usually followed by with or by). See examples of OBSESSED used in a sentence.

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   The adjective obsessed is often used to simply mean "very interested," but when someone is truly obsessed, their interest has become compulsive, and they've begun to lose control over it. The Latin root is obsessus, or "besieged," and when you're obsessed, your mind has been besieged by uncontrollable thoughts of something.

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