Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - obsess
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Obsess
obsess
~ v 1 T usually passive if something or someone obsesses you, you think about them all the time and you cannot think of anything else (be obsessed with) (You've always been obsessed with making money. | He had become obsessed with another man's wife. | obsess sb) (Minute details seem to obsess lawyers.) 2 AmE to think about something or someone much more than is necessary or sensible + over/abou (Stop obsessing about your weight. You look fine.)
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1.
(obsesses, obsessing, obsessed) If something obsesses you or if you obsess about something, you keep thinking about it and find it difficult to think about anything else. A string of scandals is obsessing America... She stopped drinking but began obsessing about her weight... I started obsessing that Trish might die. VERB: V n, V about/over n, V that ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
verb Etymology: Latin ~us, past participle of obsidere to frequent, besiege, from ob- against + sedere to sit — more at ob-, sit Date: 1531 transitive verb to haunt or excessively preoccupy the mind of was ~ed with the idea intransitive verb to engage in ~ive thinking ; become ~ed with an idea ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. (often in passive) preoccupy, haunt; fill the mind of (a person) continually. Derivatives obsessive adj. & n. obsessively adv. obsessiveness n. Etymology: L obsidere obsess- (as OB-, sedere sit) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. завладевать умом; преследовать, мучить (об идее, страхе) the idea that he might lose his position obsessed him —- его мучила мысль о том, что он может потерять свое место he was obsessed by details —- он погряз в мелочах she was obsessed by a desire to become a scientist —- она была охвачена желанием стать ученым suspicion obsessed him —- его мучили подозрения 2. вселяться (о нечистой силе) obsessed by a demon —- одержимый дьяволом ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
5.
v. завладеть, преследовать, мучить (о навязчивой идее и т.п.); овладеть, обуять (о страхе) (with/by); The writer was obsessed with thoughts of death. ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1503, from L. obsessus, pp. of obsidere "besiege, occupy," lit. "sit opposite to," from ob "against" + sedere "sit." Obsession was originally "the act of besieging;" meaning "persistent influence or idea" is first recorded 1680. Obsessive (adj.) formed 1911. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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