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Definition of dispossess verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

dispossess

verb

NAmE//ˌdɪspəˈzɛs//

[usually passive] dispossess somebody (of something) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they dispossess

he / she / it dispossesses

past simple dispossessed

-ing form dispossessing

to take someone's property, land, or house away from them

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dispossession

NAmE//ˌdɪspəˈzɛʃn//

noun [uncountable]See dispossess in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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