posséder

J'en ai possédé une, mais ça n'a pas marché.
I possessed one once, but Pbht—it didn't work out.
Je n'en ai possédé que quatre sur cinq.
I have not the five, but only four.
J'en ai possédé un vivant qui l'était complétement ; et à la dissection, il me parut que son état de cécité devait avoir eu pour cause une inflammation de la membrane clignotante.
One which I kept alive was certainly in this condition, the cause, as appeared on dissection, having been inflammation of the nictitating membrane.
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