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verb (used with object)
1.
to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him.
verb (used without object)
2.
to think about something unceasingly or persistently; dwell obsessively upon something.
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- We have a tendency to obsess and orate and that is something the driveway philosophers didn't go in for.
- Racism and injustice obsess him, but he somehow avoids grimness and despair.
- Please try to obsess a little less on your profits, and consider the well-being of your fellow human beings.
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Word Origin & History
obsess
c.1500, "to besiege," from L. obsessus, pp. of obsidere "besiege, occupy," lit. "sit opposite to," from ob "against" + sedere "sit." Of evil spirits, "to haunt," is from 1530s.
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