be possessed of

The promises within them, if not entirely sacrosanct, are at least meant to be possessed of a greater sanctity than other more disposable political pledges.

As Madison expressed it, “I really think it right and proper that we should be possessed of the ways and means by which we should be most likely to encounter the debt before we undertake to assume it.”

Some may be possessed of poor manners.

This revelation, which was to be confirmed many times over during the rest of the 1769 expedition and in later years of crisscrossing many more miles of sea, displayed that whoever these people were, they were effectively one, and to get where they did, they must be possessed of extraordinary navigation skills.

The first thing to know is that, despite or maybe because of his rumpled clothes and all-around shaggy look, Bannon turns out to be possessed of considerable personal charm, a charismatic individual who can easily be imagined in the Hollywood he once was part of.