Meanings of possess the gift in English

Sunbirds, however, are superior to humming-birds in that they possess the gift of song.

The good woman did not possess the gift of tact.

The moment she put it around his neck, he seemed to possess the gift of sight.

Not only does he possess the gift of eloquence, but also he is a master of the pen.

Elisabeth's was one of those happy, pantheistic natures that possess the gift of finding God everywhere and in everything.

We corrupt the masses when we tell them that they are wise and far-seeing and possess the gift of infallibility.

He did not possess the gift of observation, and like many another Irishman was always making the most curious mistakes.

It is still a prevalent belief in remote country districts that certain persons possess the gift of healing diseases by touch.

As we possess the gift of influence over others, so we in turn are affected by every life which touches ours.

Fortunate miners or clever speculators, who have happened to possess the gift of accumulating in addition to that of getting, often make colossal fortunes.

The less rational among us might suggest it's a divine signal; Irish novelists, some of them anyway, would seem to possess the gift of soothsaying.

In northeastern Scotland, "a posthumous child was believed to possess the gift of curing almost any disease by looking on the patient" (246.

The Ard Rhys has a brother who possesses the gift, as well.

She possessed the gift of a voice wonderful for its sweetness.

In a pre-eminent degree Stella possessed the gift of expression.

The Maid possessed the gift of beholding events which were taking place far away.