'Dispossessed' definitions:
Definition of 'dispossessed'
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Definition of 'Dispossessed'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'dispossessed'
From: GCIDE
- dispossessed \dispossessed\ adj. physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security.
- Syn: homeless, roofless. [WordNet 1.5]
- made a living out of shepherding dispossessed people from one country to another --James Stern