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Obsess

//əbˈsɛs// verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.

    "Some people are obsessed with sports."

  2. 2
    haunt like a ghost; pursue wordnet
  3. 3
    To dominate the thoughts of someone. transitive

    "Thoughts of her obsess my every waking moment."

  4. 4
    be preoccupied with something wordnet
  5. 5
    To think or talk obsessively about. colloquial, intransitive

    "Stop obsessing over it, will you!"

Etymology

From Latin obsessus, perfect passive participle of obsideō (“sit on or in, remain, besiege”), from ob (“before”) + sedeō (“I sit”); see sit, session, etc.; compare assess, possess.

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