Found 2 items, similar to Dispossessing.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dispossess
dispossess
v : expel or put out of the possession of real estate
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dispossessing
Dispossess
\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.
[1913 Webster]
Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. --Goldsmith.
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