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Verb: dispossess  `dis-pu'zes
  1. Deprive of the possession of real estate
    "This farmer was dispossessed without knowing what complaints had been levied against him"

Derived forms: dispossessed, dispossesses, dispossessing

See also: dispossession

Type of: deprive, divest, strip

Encyclopedia: Dispossess

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