† repossedev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To regain possession of something, esp. property. Cf. repossess v. 1.
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the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > again or back
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a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. ccxxiii/1 Edward the .iiii. before named began agayne his Domynyon ouer the Realme of Englande the .xiiii. daye of Apryll.., and repossedyd all thynges as he before had done.
1545 Lease in T. Madox Formulare Anglicanum (1702) 152 It shall be lawfull..into the said mesuages..to reentre and the same to repossede.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. viii. iv. 283 Doe yee but..lay claime unto that.., and repossede it at your pleasure.
1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xiv. lxxxv. 353 That Scots and Picts their owne, as earst, should amplie reposseed.
1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Repossede, to possesse againe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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