What does the word dispossess mean?
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Part of speech: verb transitive
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To
eject;
oust.
Part of speech: noun
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Dispossession.
Usage examples for dispossess
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If
you
dispute
my
claim,-
as
I
am
told
you
do,-
you
may
take
what
lawful
means
you
please
to
dispossess
me
of
my
estate,
and
at
the
same
time
redress
what
wrong
is
done
you."
– A Set of Rogues by Frank Barrett
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An
Abenakee
Indian
arrived
this
day,
saying
that
he
came
direct
from
Montreal,
and
gave
out
that
a
large
fleet
of
French
was
on
its
way
to
Canada,
full
of
troops,
to
dispossess
the
English
of
the
country.
– The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman
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The
advantage
lay
with
the
enemy,
but,
while
it
appeared
certain
that
he
would
dispossess
me
of
Gaspard's
Trail,
I
determined
to
hold
on
to
Crane
Valley.
– The Mistress of Bonaventure by Harold Bindloss