Definitions for dispossess
ˌdɪs pəˈzɛsdis·pos·sess

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dispossessverb

   deprive of the possession of real estate

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dispossessverb

   To deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them.

2. dispossessverb

   To take possession of the ball/puck etc. (from someone)

3. Etymology: from despossesser

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Dispossessverb

   Etymology: dis and possess.

   1. To put out of possession; to deprive; to disseize.

   The blow from saddle forced him to fly;
   Else might it needs down to his manly breast
   Have cleft his head in twain, and life thence dispossest. F. Q.

   Thou shalt hold the opinion of Pythagoras, ere I will allow of thy wits; and fear to kill a woodcock, lest thou dispossess the soul of thy grandame. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

   Let us sit upon the ground, and tell
   How some have been depos’d, some slain in war,
   Some haunted by the ghosts they dispossess’d. William Shakespeare, R. II.

   I will chuse
   Mine heir from forth the beggars of the world,
   And dispossess her all. William Shakespeare, Timon.

   In thee I hope; thy succours I invoke,
   To win the crown whence I am dispossess’d;
   For like renown awaiteth on the stroke,
   To cast the haughty down, or raise th’ oppress’d. Edward Fairfax.

   The children went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. Numb. xxxii. 39.

   By their aid
   This inaccessible high strength, the seat
   Of deity supreme, us dispossess’d,
   He trusted to have seiz’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vii.

   Restless Amata lay,
   Fir’d with disdain for Turnus dispossest,
   And the new nuptials of the Trojan guest. John Dryden, Æn.

   2. It is generally used with of before the thing taken away.

   Charles resolved, with a puissant army, to pass over, and by arms to dispossess the pyrate of his new gotten kingdom in Tunis. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

   No pow’r shall dispossess
   My thoughts of that expected happiness. John Denham.

   O, fairest of all creatures, last and best
   Of what heav’n made, how art thou dispossess’d
   Of all thy native glories! John Dryden, State of Innocence.

   Nothing can create more trouble to a man than to endeavour to dispossess him of this conceit. John Tillotson, Serm. ii.

   3. Formerly with from.

   They arrogate dominion undeserv’d
   Over their brethren, and quite dispossess
   Concord and law of nature from the earth. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   It will be found a work of no small difficulty to dispossess and throw out a vice from that heart, where long possession begins to plead prescription. Robert South, Sermons.

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1. dispossess

   Dispossess refers to the act of depriving someone of the ownership, possession, or occupancy of something, such as a property, land, or other assets, typically through legal means. It may also refer to the state of being deprived or stripped of something one once had.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dispossessverb

   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

2. Etymology: [Pref. dis- + possess: cf. F. dpossder.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dispossess

   dis-poz-zes′, v.t. to put out of possession.—n. Dispossess′or.

Matched Categories

1. • Deprive

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   Daniel

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   Mia

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dispossess in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dispossess in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of dispossess in a Sentence

1. Sylvia Ashton-Warner, Spinster:

   No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand all day in a laundry, for instance, still in possession of your mind. But this teaching utterly obliterates you. It cuts right into your being: essentially, it takes over your spirit. It drags it out from where it would hide.

2. Sylvia Ashton-Warner:

   No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand all day in a laundry, for instance, still in possession of your mind. But this teaching utterly obliterates you. It cuts right into your being essentially, it takes over your spirit. It drags it out from where it would hide.

3. Jean Baudrillard:

   To love someone is to isolate him from the world, wipe out every trace of him, dispossess him of his shadow, drag him into a murderous future. It is to circle around the other like a dead star and absorb him into a black light.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dispossess
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dispossess
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dispossess
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dispossess
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=dispossess