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English
Etymology
From Middle English , from Middle French despossesser. Equivalent to dis- + possess.
Pronunciation
Verb
dispossess (third-person singular simple present dispossesses, present participle dispossessing, simple past and past participle dispossessed)
- To deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them.
- To deprive someone of possession in general.
c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act (please specify |act=II or III), scene vii:Though Mars himſelfe the angry God of armes,
And all the earthly Potentates conſpire,
To diſpoſſeſſe me of this Diadem:
Yet wil I weare it in deſpight of them
As great commander of this Eaſtearne world, […]
- (sports) To take possession of the ball/puck etc. (from someone).
2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport:It was Bannan who released Agbonlahor for his goal with a long-range curling pass after Stephen Warnock had dispossessed Mohamed Diame.
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