Dispossess - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌdɪspəˈzes|
Brit.
|dɪspəˈzes|
verb
- deprive of the possession of real estate
Extra examples
The land was settled by dispossessing the native people who lived here.
...opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes...
Anyone who offends the king will be dispossessed of all his lands.
Many black South Africans had been dispossessed of their homes.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: dispossess
he/she/it: dispossesses
present participle: dispossessing
past tense: dispossessed
past participle: dispossessed
I/you/we/they: dispossess
he/she/it: dispossesses
present participle: dispossessing
past tense: dispossessed
past participle: dispossessed
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