About The Word Dispossess
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Dispossess
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What's The Definition Of Dispossess?
[v] expel or put out of the possession of real estate
Synonyms | Synonyms for Dispossess: Related Terms | Find terms related to Dispossess: bereave | boot out | bounce | cut off | disendow | disherison | disinherit | dislodge | disown | disseise | divest | drive out | eject | evict | expel | expropriate | foreclose | kick out | lose | oust | put out | rob | throw out | turn out | unhouse | unkennel See Also | deprive | divest | strip Dispossess In Webster's Dictionary \Dis`pos*sess"\ (?; see {Possess}), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. {Dispossessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispossessing}.] [Pref.
dis- + possess: cf. F. d['e]poss['e]der.]
To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy
of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to
eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away;
as, to dispossess a king of his crown.
Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. --Goldsmith.
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