Definition of dispossess in English:

dispossess

verb dɪspəˈzɛsˌdɪspəˈzɛs

[with object]

1Deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions.
they were dispossessed of lands and properties during the Reformation
a champion of the poor and the dispossessed
Example sentencesExamples
- They are shunned, broken, dispossessed, and live a bleak, furtive life of agonizing loneliness.
- Indeed this social breakdown afflicts with equal vehemence those Aboriginal peoples who have never been dispossessed of their lands and who retain their classical traditions, cultures and languages.
- One yearns for a strong third party which can become the voice of the economically and politically dispossessed.
- Certainly neither I, nor as far as I know any of my ancestors, ever dispossessed anyone of their land, language or self-esteem or prevented anyone being educated.
- Up to 1945, the Nazis humiliated, dispossessed and murdered millions of Jews and others.
- Future decades saw the clan being systematically dispossessed of their land under apartheid laws until they became completely landless in the 1970's.
- He tends to celebrate characters that have been outcast by society, dispossessed, or had a run of hard luck.
- This should entail allocating large tracts of unused state land to landless and dispossessed people.
- It is predicated on sustaining a racist state-organization into the future, forever surrounded by those it has dispossessed and humiliated.
- Some say that it would be cruel to dispossess these people of the only means of making money that they have.
- As specified by deprivation theory, people who feel powerless and dispossessed are especially likely to look to religion for compensation.
- It's for a local charity dealing with soup-kitchens, the homeless, and disowned and dispossessed around the area.
- Those dispossessed in these savage deportations have long since resettled, and no serious movement demands their return home.
- As the new 20th century approached, Mary Jones was an aging, poor, widowed Irish immigrant, nearly as dispossessed as an American could be.
- The workers were mainly peasants who have been dispossessed of their land and forced to go to major cities to find work.
- This time he is actively hated by the leaders of the dispossessed to whom he professes his allegiance.
- Progressives should ask why the vote no longer provides the dispossessed with the same power.
- The disconnected and dispossessed, like Mason, are left to take care of their body and not expect any ‘consumption’ beyond simple nourishment and promises.
- Arnold has no time for the western powers which trumpet about democracy because white farmers are dispossessed of the land that their forefathers stole from Africans.
- The community claims to have been dispossessed of the land, about 80 km north of Pretoria, around 1917 under racially discriminatory laws.
Synonyms
divest, strip, rob, cheat out of, do out of, deprive, relieve, bereave
informal diddle out of
archaic reave
dislodge, oust, eject, expel, drive out, evict, turn out, cast out, throw out, throw someone out on their ear, put out in the street, show someone the door
banish, exile
informal chuck out, kick out, boot out, heave out, bounce, defenestrate
British informal turf out
North American informal give someone the bum's rush
dated out
1. 1.1 (in sport) deprive (a player) of the ball.
  he dispossessed Hendrie and set off on a solo run
  Example sentencesExamples
  Vryas gets the ball, but is dispossessed on the edge of the penalty area.
  Running the ball, the move came to nothing and Waterloo went back downfield for a decisive fourth try when Graham was isolated and dispossessed inside his own 22 and centre Mark Tattersall strode over to seal the comeback.
  Duffy failed to deal with a kick from England outhalf Matthew Leek, delaying his pick up so long he was tackled and dispossessed.
  But Celtic went ahead in the 10th minute and it came after Stuart Duff had been dispossessed by Petrov close to the half-way line.
  They soon increased their lead when Matthew Cox dispossessed his opposite winger on the half way line and outpaced the cover in a thrilling run to the line. Hargreaves again converted.

Origin

Late 15th century: from Old French despossesser, from des- (expressing reversal) + possesser 'possess'.

Definition of dispossess in US English:

dispossess

verbˌdɪspəˈzɛsˌdispəˈzes

[with object]

Deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions.
they were dispossessed of lands and properties at the time of the Reformation
a champion of the poor and the dispossessed
he used to ride out and dispossess his tenants as the spirit moved him
Example sentencesExamples
- They are shunned, broken, dispossessed, and live a bleak, furtive life of agonizing loneliness.
- One yearns for a strong third party which can become the voice of the economically and politically dispossessed.
- He tends to celebrate characters that have been outcast by society, dispossessed, or had a run of hard luck.
- Some say that it would be cruel to dispossess these people of the only means of making money that they have.
- It is predicated on sustaining a racist state-organization into the future, forever surrounded by those it has dispossessed and humiliated.
- This time he is actively hated by the leaders of the dispossessed to whom he professes his allegiance.
- The workers were mainly peasants who have been dispossessed of their land and forced to go to major cities to find work.
- Arnold has no time for the western powers which trumpet about democracy because white farmers are dispossessed of the land that their forefathers stole from Africans.
- As the new 20th century approached, Mary Jones was an aging, poor, widowed Irish immigrant, nearly as dispossessed as an American could be.
- The community claims to have been dispossessed of the land, about 80 km north of Pretoria, around 1917 under racially discriminatory laws.
- It's for a local charity dealing with soup-kitchens, the homeless, and disowned and dispossessed around the area.
- Up to 1945, the Nazis humiliated, dispossessed and murdered millions of Jews and others.
- Those dispossessed in these savage deportations have long since resettled, and no serious movement demands their return home.
- Indeed this social breakdown afflicts with equal vehemence those Aboriginal peoples who have never been dispossessed of their lands and who retain their classical traditions, cultures and languages.
- This should entail allocating large tracts of unused state land to landless and dispossessed people.
- Certainly neither I, nor as far as I know any of my ancestors, ever dispossessed anyone of their land, language or self-esteem or prevented anyone being educated.
- Future decades saw the clan being systematically dispossessed of their land under apartheid laws until they became completely landless in the 1970's.
- As specified by deprivation theory, people who feel powerless and dispossessed are especially likely to look to religion for compensation.
- The disconnected and dispossessed, like Mason, are left to take care of their body and not expect any ‘consumption’ beyond simple nourishment and promises.
- Progressives should ask why the vote no longer provides the dispossessed with the same power.
Synonyms
divest, strip, rob, cheat out of, do out of, deprive, relieve, bereave
dislodge, oust, eject, expel, drive out, evict, turn out, cast out, throw out, throw someone out on their ear, put out in the street, show someone the door

Origin

Late 15th century: from Old French despossesser, from des- (expressing reversal) + possesser ‘possess’.

单词	dispossess
释义	Definition of dispossess in English: dispossess verb dɪspəˈzɛsˌdɪspəˈzɛs [with object] 1Deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions. they were dispossessed of lands and properties during the Reformation a champion of the poor and the dispossessed Example sentencesExamples They are shunned, broken, dispossessed, and live a bleak, furtive life of agonizing loneliness. Indeed this social breakdown afflicts with equal vehemence those Aboriginal peoples who have never been dispossessed of their lands and who retain their classical traditions, cultures and languages. One yearns for a strong third party which can become the voice of the economically and politically dispossessed. Certainly neither I, nor as far as I know any of my ancestors, ever dispossessed anyone of their land, language or self-esteem or prevented anyone being educated. Up to 1945, the Nazis humiliated, dispossessed and murdered millions of Jews and others. Future decades saw the clan being systematically dispossessed of their land under apartheid laws until they became completely landless in the 1970's. He tends to celebrate characters that have been outcast by society, dispossessed, or had a run of hard luck. This should entail allocating large tracts of unused state land to landless and dispossessed people. It is predicated on sustaining a racist state-organization into the future, forever surrounded by those it has dispossessed and humiliated. Some say that it would be cruel to dispossess these people of the only means of making money that they have. As specified by deprivation theory, people who feel powerless and dispossessed are especially likely to look to religion for compensation. It's for a local charity dealing with soup-kitchens, the homeless, and disowned and dispossessed around the area. Those dispossessed in these savage deportations have long since resettled, and no serious movement demands their return home. As the new 20th century approached, Mary Jones was an aging, poor, widowed Irish immigrant, nearly as dispossessed as an American could be. The workers were mainly peasants who have been dispossessed of their land and forced to go to major cities to find work. This time he is actively hated by the leaders of the dispossessed to whom he professes his allegiance. Progressives should ask why the vote no longer provides the dispossessed with the same power. The disconnected and dispossessed, like Mason, are left to take care of their body and not expect any ‘consumption’ beyond simple nourishment and promises. Arnold has no time for the western powers which trumpet about democracy because white farmers are dispossessed of the land that their forefathers stole from Africans. The community claims to have been dispossessed of the land, about 80 km north of Pretoria, around 1917 under racially discriminatory laws. Synonyms divest, strip, rob, cheat out of, do out of, deprive, relieve, bereave informal diddle out of archaic reave dislodge, oust, eject, expel, drive out, evict, turn out, cast out, throw out, throw someone out on their ear, put out in the street, show someone the door banish, exile informal chuck out, kick out, boot out, heave out, bounce, defenestrate British informal turf out North American informal give someone the bum's rush dated out 1.1 (in sport) deprive (a player) of the ball. he dispossessed Hendrie and set off on a solo run Example sentencesExamples Vryas gets the ball, but is dispossessed on the edge of the penalty area. Running the ball, the move came to nothing and Waterloo went back downfield for a decisive fourth try when Graham was isolated and dispossessed inside his own 22 and centre Mark Tattersall strode over to seal the comeback. Duffy failed to deal with a kick from England outhalf Matthew Leek, delaying his pick up so long he was tackled and dispossessed. But Celtic went ahead in the 10th minute and it came after Stuart Duff had been dispossessed by Petrov close to the half-way line. They soon increased their lead when Matthew Cox dispossessed his opposite winger on the half way line and outpaced the cover in a thrilling run to the line. Hargreaves again converted. Origin Late 15th century: from Old French despossesser, from des- (expressing reversal) + possesser 'possess'. Definition of dispossess in US English: dispossess verbˌdɪspəˈzɛsˌdispəˈzes [with object] Deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions. they were dispossessed of lands and properties at the time of the Reformation a champion of the poor and the dispossessed he used to ride out and dispossess his tenants as the spirit moved him Example sentencesExamples They are shunned, broken, dispossessed, and live a bleak, furtive life of agonizing loneliness. One yearns for a strong third party which can become the voice of the economically and politically dispossessed. He tends to celebrate characters that have been outcast by society, dispossessed, or had a run of hard luck. Some say that it would be cruel to dispossess these people of the only means of making money that they have. It is predicated on sustaining a racist state-organization into the future, forever surrounded by those it has dispossessed and humiliated. This time he is actively hated by the leaders of the dispossessed to whom he professes his allegiance. The workers were mainly peasants who have been dispossessed of their land and forced to go to major cities to find work. Arnold has no time for the western powers which trumpet about democracy because white farmers are dispossessed of the land that their forefathers stole from Africans. As the new 20th century approached, Mary Jones was an aging, poor, widowed Irish immigrant, nearly as dispossessed as an American could be. The community claims to have been dispossessed of the land, about 80 km north of Pretoria, around 1917 under racially discriminatory laws. It's for a local charity dealing with soup-kitchens, the homeless, and disowned and dispossessed around the area. Up to 1945, the Nazis humiliated, dispossessed and murdered millions of Jews and others. Those dispossessed in these savage deportations have long since resettled, and no serious movement demands their return home. Indeed this social breakdown afflicts with equal vehemence those Aboriginal peoples who have never been dispossessed of their lands and who retain their classical traditions, cultures and languages. This should entail allocating large tracts of unused state land to landless and dispossessed people. Certainly neither I, nor as far as I know any of my ancestors, ever dispossessed anyone of their land, language or self-esteem or prevented anyone being educated. Future decades saw the clan being systematically dispossessed of their land under apartheid laws until they became completely landless in the 1970's. As specified by deprivation theory, people who feel powerless and dispossessed are especially likely to look to religion for compensation. The disconnected and dispossessed, like Mason, are left to take care of their body and not expect any ‘consumption’ beyond simple nourishment and promises. Progressives should ask why the vote no longer provides the dispossessed with the same power. Synonyms divest, strip, rob, cheat out of, do out of, deprive, relieve, bereave dislodge, oust, eject, expel, drive out, evict, turn out, cast out, throw out, throw someone out on their ear, put out in the street, show someone the door Origin Late 15th century: from Old French despossesser, from des- (expressing reversal) + possesser ‘possess’.
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