— dispossession , n. — dispossessor , n. — dispossessory /dis'peuh zes"euh ree/ , adj.
/dis'peuh zes"/ , v.t.
1. to put (a person) out of possession, esp. of real property; oust.
2. to banish.
3. to abandon ownership of (a building), esp. as a bad investment: Landlords have dispossessed many old tenement buildings.
[ 1425-75; DIS- 1 + POSSESS; r. ME disposseden, equiv. to DIS- 1 + posseden ( posseder ) possidere; see POSSESS ]
Syn. 1. See strip 1 .