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    dis·pos·sess
    [ˌdispəˈzes]
    verb
    dispossess (verb) · dispossesses (third person present) · dispossessed (past tense) · dispossessed (past participle) · dispossessing (present participle)
    1. deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions:
      "they were dispossessed of lands and properties at the time of the Reformation" · "a champion of the poor and the dispossessed" · "he used to ride out and dispossess his tenants as the spirit moved him"
    Origin
    late 15th century: from Old French despossesser, from des- (expressing reversal) + possesser ‘possess’.
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    1. deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions:
      divest
      strip
      rob
      do out of
      deprive
      relieve
      bereave
      reave
      dislodge
      oust
      eject
      expel
      drive out
      evict
      turn out
      cast out
      throw out
      show someone the door
      banish
      exile
      out
      cheat out of
      throw someone out on their ear
      put out in the street
     
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    What does dispossessed mean?
    To take one's possession. A noun or pronoun can be used between "dispossess" and "of.". If you don't pay your mortgage, you'll be dispossessed of your house before long. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
    What does dispose mean?
    Get a quick, free translation! DISPOSSESS definition: 1. to take property, especially buildings or land, away from someone or a group of people: 2. to…. Learn more.

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    What is the difference between collation and dispossess?
    Collation, which otherwise corresponds to institution, does not make the church full, and the true patron can dispossess the clerk at any time, unless he is a patron who collates. Find similar words to dispossess using the buttons below. Dispossess definition: To deprive (another) of the possession or occupancy of something, such as real property.

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    Are ghosts the return of the repressed and the dispossessed?
    Ghosts are the return of the repressed and the dispossessed. It is our duty to the dispossessed and it is the right of civil society. He tries to bustle his way past them but is swiftly dispossessed. Their neighbours were the dispossessed. We don't want corporations to come here with the aim to dispossess us.

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