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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•pos•sessed (dis′pə zest′),USA pronunciation adj. - Businessevicted, as from a dwelling, land, etc.;
ousted. - without property, status, etc., as wandering or displaced persons;
rootless;
disfranchised. - having suffered the loss of expectations, prospects, relationships, etc.;
disinherited;
disaffiliated;
alienated:The modern city dweller may feel spiritually dispossessed.
- dispossess + -ed2 1590–1600
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•pos•sess /ˌdɪspəˈzɛs/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- 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 © 2024dis•pos•sess (dis′pə zes′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to put (a person) out of possession, esp. of real property; oust.
- to banish.
- 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 (
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See strip 1.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dispossess /ˌdɪspəˈzɛs/ vb - (transitive) to take away possession of something, esp property; expel
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