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dis·pos·sess

   [dis-puh-zes]
verb (used with object)
1.
to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
2.
to banish.
3.
to abandon ownership of (a building), especially as a bad investment: Landlords have dispossessed many old tenement buildings.
Origin:
1425–75; dis-1 + possess; replacing Middle English disposseden, equivalent to dis-1 + posseden (< Old French posseder) < Latin possidēre; see possess

Related forms
dis·pos·ses·sion, noun
dis·pos·ses·sor, noun
dis·pos·ses·so·ry  [dis-puh-zes-uh-ree] , adjective

Synonyms
1. See strip1.

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dispossess (ˌdɪspəˈzɛs)
 
—vb
(tr) to take away possession of something, esp property; expel
 
dispos'session
 
—n
 
dispos'sessor
 
—n
 
dispos'sessory
 
—adj

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dispossess
late 15c., from O.Fr. despossesser "to dispossess," from des- "dis-" (see dis-) + possesser "possess" (see possess). Related: Dispossessed; dispossession.
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