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单词 dispossess
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
dis•pos•sess /ˌdɪspəˈzɛs/USA pronunciation   v. [~ + object]
  1. to put (a person) out of occupancy (of a dwelling place):If you pay your rent, you can't be dispossessed.
See -sess-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
dis•pos•sess  (dis′pə zes′),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to put (a person) out of possession, esp. of real property; oust.
  2. to banish.
  3. Businessto abandon ownership of (a building), esp. as a bad investment:Landlords have dispossessed many old tenement buildings.
  • Latin possidēre; see possess
  • Old French posseder)
  • 1425–75; dis-1 + possess; replacing Middle English disposseden, equivalent. to dis-1 + posseden (
dis′pos•ses′sion, n. 
dis′pos•ses′sor, n. 
dis•pos•ses•so•ry  (dis′pə zes′ə rē),USA pronunciation adj. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See strip 1.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dispossess /ˌdɪspəˈzɛs/ vb
  1. (transitive) to take away possession of something, esp property; expel

ˌdisposˈsession n ˌdisposˈsessor n
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