dispossess Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb deprive of the possession of real estate

WordNet

Dis`pos*sess" transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. dis- + possess: cf. F. déposséder.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Dispossessed ; present participle & verbal noun Dispossessing
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.

Webster 1913