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Webster 1913 Edition

Dispossess

Disˊpos-sess′

(?; see Possess)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dispossessed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dispossessing
.]
[Pref.
dis-
+
possess
: cf. F.
déposséder
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dispossess

DISPOSSESS

,
Verb.
T.
[dis and possess.] To put out of possession, by any means; to deprive of the actual occupancy of a thing, particularly of land or real estate; to deseize.
Ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein. Numbers 33.
Usually followed by of, before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown.

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