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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.
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