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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dispossess \Dis`pos*sess"\ (?; see {Possess}), v. t. [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 1.6 [wn]: dispossessed adj : physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security; "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern [syn: {homeless}, {roofless}]
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