dispossessing — dis·pos·sess || ‚dɪspÉ™ zes v. deprive of home or property, confiscate, take away, expel, evict … English contemporary dictionary
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dispossess — [[t]dɪ̱spəze̱s[/t]] dispossesses, dispossessing, dispossessed VERB If you are dispossessed of something that you own, especially land or buildings, it is taken away from you. [be V ed of n] ...people who were dispossessed of their land under… … English dictionary
replace — replace, displace, supplant, supersede are rarely interchangeable terms, but they can carry the same basic meaning to put a person or thing out of his or its place or into the place of another. Replace implies supplying a substitute for what has… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Deprivation — Dep ri*va tion, n. [LL. deprivatio.] 1. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement. [1913 Webster] 3.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dispossessed — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
