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Failing this, I institute proceedings at once, and will dispossess you as soon as may be.

From The Amateur Gentleman by Farnol, Jeffery

Like some persons out of their proper sphere, asparagus may easily become a nuisance; and it will dispossess other growths of their rights and places as serenely as a Knight of Labor.

From The Home Acre by Roe, Edward Payson

Such, however, is the present power of the adversary in cities, that no ordinary effort will dispossess him.

From The National Preacher, Vol. 2. No. 6., Nov. 1827 Or Original Monthly Sermons from Living Ministers by Dickinson, Austin

Later, when we get another notice, I can say, ‘All right, I will dispossess this woman.’

From Commercialized Prostitution in New York City by Kneeland, George Jackson

I do not use to kiss:   If that will dispossess your jealousy,   I 'll swear it to you.

From The White Devil by Webster, John