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disseise

disseise is the alternative spelling of disseize.

Meaning of disseize

Verb

disseize (third-person singular simple present disseizes, present participle disseizing, simple past and past participle disseized)

  1. (archaic) To deprive of seisin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land).
    • to disseize a tenant of his freehold

Forms of disseise

third-person singular presentdisseises
present participledisseising
past participledisseised
pastdisseised

Questions about disseise

What is disseise the alternative spelling of?
Disseise is the alternative spelling of disseize.

Words near disseise in the dictionary

  1. dissectology
  2. dissector
  3. dissectors
  4. dissects
  5. dissed
  6. disseise
  7. disseised
  8. disseisee
  9. disseisees
  10. disseises
  11. disseisin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disseise (page history and authors); disseize (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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