Search results
- Dictionarydispossess/ˌdɪspəˈzɛs/
verb
- 1. deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions: "they were dispossessed of lands and properties during the Reformation" Similar
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
DISPOSSESS definition: 1. to take property, especially buildings or land, away from someone or a group of people: 2. to…. Learn more.
Dispossess definition: to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.. See examples of DISPOSSESS used in a sentence.
verb. If you are dispossessed of something that you own, especially land or buildings, it is taken away from you. ...people who were dispossessed of their land under apartheid. [be VERB -ed + of] They settled the land, dispossessing many of its original inhabitants. [VERB noun] Droves of dispossessed people emigrated to Canada. [VERB-ed]
When you take something away from someone, especially land or property, you dispossess them of it. Your parents might dispossess you of the tent you pitched in the yard to set up the grill for their upcoming cookout.
: to put out of possession or occupancy. dispossessed the nobles of their land. dispossession. ˌdis-pə-ˈze-shən. also -ˈse- noun. dispossessor. ˌdis-pə-ˈze-sər. also -ˈse- noun. Synonyms. divest. expropriate. oust. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of dispossess in a Sentence.
Definition of dispossess verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Dispossess definition: To deprive (another) of the possession or occupancy of something, such as real property.
dispossess meaning, definition, what is dispossess: to take property or land away from someo...: Learn more.
How to use . dispossess in a sentenceDon Draper never seems to entirely dispossess himself of Dick Whitman.
Define dispossess. dispossess synonyms, dispossess pronunciation, dispossess translation, English dictionary definition of dispossess. tr.v. dis·pos·sessed , dis·pos·sess·ing , dis·pos·sess·es To deprive of the possession or occupancy of something, such as real property. dis′pos·ses′sion n....
