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dis⋅pos⋅sess

  [dis-puh-zes]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to put (a person) out of possession, esp. of real property; oust.
2. to banish.
3. to abandon ownership of (a building), esp. as a bad investment: Landlords have dispossessed many old tenement buildings.
Origin:
1425–75; dis- 1 + possess; r. ME disposseden, equiv. to dis- 1 + posseden (< OF posseder) < L 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 strip 1 .
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dis·pos·sess   (dĭs'pə-zěs')   
tr.v.   dis·pos·sessed, dis·pos·sess·ing, dis·pos·sess·es
To deprive (another) of the possession or occupancy of something, such as real property.
dis'pos·ses'sion (-zěsh'ən) n., dis'pos·ses'sor n., dis'pos·ses'so·ry (-zěs'ə-rē) adj.
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Dispossession

Dis`pos*ses"sion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]possession.]

1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. --Bp. Hall.

2. (Law) The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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