单词 | dispossess |
释义 | dispossess —dispossession, n. —dispossessor, n. —dispossessory /dis'peuh zes"euh ree/, adj. /dis'peuh zes"/, v.t. 1. to put (a person) out of possession, esp. of real property; oust. 2. to banish. 3. to abandon ownership of (a building), esp. as a bad investment: Landlords have dispossessed many old tenement buildings. [1425-75; DIS-1 + POSSESS; r. ME disposseden, equiv. to DIS-1 + posseden ( < OF posseder) < L possidere; see POSSESS] Syn. 1. See strip1. |
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