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Dispossess

Dispossess Meaning & Definition
Dispossess Definition And Meaning

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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