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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dispossess \Dis'pos*sess"\ (?; see {Possess}), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Dispossessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispossessing}.] [Pref. dis- + possess: cf. F. d['e]poss['e]der.] 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dispossess
verb: expel or put out of the possession of real estate
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "dispossess": bereave, boot out, bounce, cut off, disendow, disherison, disinherit, dislodge, disown, disseise, divest, drive out, eject, evict, expel, expropriate, foreclose, kick out, lose, oust, put out, rob, throw out, turn out, unhouse, unkennel
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