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dispossess

/dɪspəˈzəs/

dispossess verb: to deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them.

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Verb

dispossess (third-person singular simple present dispossesses, present participle dispossessing, simple past and past participle dispossessed)

  1. To deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them.
  2. To deprive someone of possession in general.
    • 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, […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  3. To take possession of the ball/puck etc. (from someone).
    • It was Bannan who released Agbonlahor for his goal with a long-range curling pass after Stephen Warnock had dispossessed Mohamed Diame.2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport

dispossess meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

dispossess in Tamil

உடமையைப் பறி, கைப்பற்று, உடமையிழக்கச் செய்

dispossess in Urdu

بےگھر کرنا, بےقبضہ کرنا, چھیننا, محروم کرنا, نکال دینا

dispossess in Malayalam

കുടിയിറക്കുക, വസ്തു ഒഴിപ്പിക്കുക, ബാധയകറ്റുക

dispossess in Kannada

ಒಡೆಕಸಿ, ಹೊರಹಾಕು, ಸ್ವಾಧೀನ ತಪ್ಪಿಸು, ಉಚ್ಛಾಟನೆ ಮಾಡು

Forms of dispossess

third-person singular presentdispossesses
present participledispossessing
past participledispossessed
pastdispossessed

Origin of dispossess

From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French despossesser. Equivalent to dis- + possess.

Words formed from dispossess

Questions about dispossess

What does dispossess mean?
Dispossess means to deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them.
What is dispossess in Tamil?
Dispossess in Tamil is உடமையைப் பறி, கைப்பற்று, உடமையிழக்கச் செய். See Dispossess meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dispossess?
Dispossess is a verb.
How do you pronounce dispossess?
Dispossess is pronounced /dɪspəˈzəs/ (UK).
What is the past tense of dispossess?
The past tense of dispossess is dispossessed.

Words near dispossess in the dictionary

  1. dispositor
  2. dispositors
  3. disposits
  4. disposophobia
  5. disposophobic
  6. dispossess
  7. dispossessed
  8. dispossessedness
  9. dispossessee
  10. dispossessees
  11. dispossesses

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: dispossess (page history and authors); dispossess (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dispossess (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dispossess (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dispossess (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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