dispossess
dispossess is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown. Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. Goldsmith.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abalienate
- abalienation
- abandon
- abandonment
- acquire
- alien
- alienable
- alienate
- alienation
- and
- another
- apart
- aside
- assign
- assignment
- away
- bargain
- barter
- behind
- cast
- cede
- cession
- change
- come
- coming
- confer
- consign
- convey
- conveyance
- conveyancing
- course
- culls
- deed
- demise
- derelict
- dereliction
- devolution
- devolve
- disburden
- discard
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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