dispossess en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /dɪspəˈzəs/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French despossesser. Equivalent to dis- + possess.
Meanings
- To deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them.
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To deprive someone of possession in general.
Though Mars himſelfe the angry God of armes, And all the earthly Potentates conſpire, To diſpoſſeſſe me of this Diadem: Yet wil I weare it in deſpight of them As great commander of this Eaſtearne world, […]
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act (please specify |act=II or III), scene vii:
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To take possession of the ball/puck etc. (from someone).
It was Bannan who released Agbonlahor for his goal with a long-range curling pass after Stephen Warnock had dispossessed Mohamed Diame.
2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dispossesses | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| dispossessing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| dispossessed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| dispossessed | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
dispossessee · dispossessive · dispossessor
Relateds
Translations (3)
es desposeer (deprive someone of possession in general) · fr déposséder (de) (deprive someone of possession in general) · es despojar (deprive someone of possession in general)