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disseize |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disseize \Dis*seize"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disseized}; p. pr & vb n. {Disseizing}.] [Pref. dis- + seize: cf F. dessaisir.] (Law) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of as to disseize a tenant of his freehold. [Written also {disseise}.] Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof. --Holland.
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