dispossess
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French despossesser.
Pronunciation
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Verb
dispossess (third-person singular simple present dispossesses, present participle dispossessing, simple past and past participle dispossessed)
- To deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them.
- (sports) To take possession of the ball/puck etc. (from someone).
- 2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- It was Bannan who released Agbonlahor for his goal with a long-range curling pass after Stephen Warnock had dispossessed Mohamed Diame.