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repossessing

repossessing is the present participle and gerund of repossess.

Meaning of repossess

Verb

repossess (third-person singular simple present repossesses, present participle repossessing, simple past and past participle repossessed)

  1. To reclaim ownership of property for which payment remains due.
  2. (dated, reflexive) To gain back possession of.
    • to repossess oneself of something lost

Questions about repossessing

What is repossessing the present participle and gerund of?
Repossessing is the present participle and gerund of repossess.

Words near repossessing in the dictionary

  1. repossess
  2. repossessable
  3. repossessed
  4. repossesses
  5. repossessible
  6. repossessing
  7. repossession
  8. repossessions
  9. repossessor
  10. repossessors
  11. repost

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Adapted from Wiktionary: repossessing (page history and authors); repossess (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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