dispossess

[ dis-puh-zes ]

/ ˌdɪs pəˈzɛs /

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verb (used with object)

to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.

to banish.

to abandon ownership of (a building), especially as a bad investment: Landlords have dispossessed many old tenement buildings.

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Origin of dispossess

First recorded in 1425–75; dis-¹ + possess; replacing Middle English disposseden, equivalent to dis-¹ + posseden (from Old French posseder), from Latin possidēre;see possess

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1. See strip¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM dispossess

dis·pos·ses·sion, noundis·pos·ses·sor, noundis·pos·ses·so·ry

[dis-puh-zes-uh-ree], /ˌdɪs pəˈzɛs ə ri/, adjective

Words nearby dispossess

dispose of, disposer, disposition, dispositional, dispositive, dispossess, dispossessed, disposure, dispraise, dispread, disprize

How to use dispossess in a sentence

Chilton’s sonorous voice carries with it the perseverance and anguish of the dispossessed, disenfranchised and violated.
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Don Draper never seems to entirely dispossess himself of Dick Whitman.
The Secret of Don Draper's Sex Appeal|Natasha Vargas-Cooper|July 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Years brought wisdom, however; and he realized that to massacre or dispossess good cultivators was bad economy.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
But I fancy that she will soon dispossess it of that character, for her suspiria are not many at this stage of her life.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845|Various

How many seek means, of whatever kind, to dispossess themselves of them!
History of Julius Caesar Vol. 1 of 2|Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.
The Hellenizers still enjoyed the royal favour and Jonathan made no attempt to dispossess them.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4|Various
Or they might have said that the nine tribes and a half could furnish quite a large enough army to dispossess the Canaanites.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Joshua|William Garden Blaikie

British Dictionary definitions for dispossess

dispossess

/ (ˌdɪspəˈzɛs) /

verb

(tr) to take away possession of something, esp property; expel

Derived forms of dispossess

dispossession, noundispossessor, noundispossessory, adjective

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