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repossess
[ ree-puh-zes ]
verb (used with object)
- to regain ownership of; to take back, especially for failure to make due payment:
After the first few payments, the buyer defaulted on the contract, and we were forced to repossess the piano.
- to give (someone) ownership of something again; restore something to (used with of ):
In 1814, a coalition of European powers defeated Napoleon and repossessed the ousted Bourbons of their throne.
repossess
/ ˌriːpəˈzɛʃən; ˌriːpəˈzɛs /
verb
- to take back possession of (property), esp for nonpayment of money due under a hire-purchase agreement
- to restore ownership of (something) to someone
Derived Forms
- repossession, noun
- ˌreposˈsessor, noun
Other Words From
- re·pos·sess·a·ble adjective
- re·pos·ses·sion [ree-p, uh, -, zesh, -, uh, n], noun
- re·pos·ses·sor noun
- un·re·pos·sessed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of repossess1
Example Sentences
Russia, he suggested, is simply trying to repossess a now independent colony.
The solution is to post a bond that they would forfeit, or sign a note that empowers the creditor to repossess the house or car.
He can repossess himself, if this can be done peaceably, otherwise he must bring an action for the purpose.
I do not think that I am less impatient now than formerly to repossess—to entirely engross—my own treasured love.
"He has the same right to repossess his slave here as in his own State;" the same right to kill him if he attempts to escape!
And up he climbed again, thrust in his arm to the shoulder, and managed to repossess himself a fifth time of that blessed crock.
And his longing to get rid of her changed, like a flash of lightning, into a passionate yearning to repossess her, dead.
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