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Dispossess
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown. Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. Goldsmith.