Once Possessed is a term that refers to something that was previously OWNED or had by someone else. It can be used to describe physical objects, such as a car or a house, or intangible things, such as knowledge or skills. The crossword solutions for this term are OWNED (5 letters) and HAD (3 letters). OWNED implies that the object or skill was in the possession of someone else at some point in the past, while Had implies that the object or skill was in the possession of the person in question at some point in the past.