KJV Dictionary Definition: dispossess

dispossess

DISPOSSESS, v.t. dis and possess. To put out of possession, by any means; to deprive of the actual occupancy of a thing, particularly of land or real estate; to deseize.

Ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein. Numbers 33.

Usually followed by of, before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown.

dispossessed

DISPOSSESSED, pp. Deprived of possession or occupancy.

dispossessing

DISPOSSESSING, ppr. Depriving of possession; disseizing.

dispossession

DISPOSSESSION, n. The act of putting out of possession.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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