dispossessv.

/dɪspəˈzɛs/

Etymology: < Old French despossesser to dispossess (in Godefroy), < des- , dis- prefix 1d + possesser to possess v. Compare the parallel medieval Latin dispossidēre , 16th cent. French desposseder , modern French déposséder . For the development of sense 2a, 2b, compare possess v.

a. transitive. To put (any one) out of possession; to strip of possessions; to dislodge, disseise, oust.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > dispossess

disseisec1320

disincreasec1374

disheritc1400

disappoint1434

unpossessc1449

forbanishc1450

dispoint1483

disemparec1500

usurp1512

defeat?1545

depose1558

devest1563

dispossess1565

disappropriate1610

disadvest1611

expropriate1611

dispropriate1613

dispropertya1616

disinvest1619

divest1648

unrobe1650

defarm1693

1565 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 136 The said Roberte held possession in the said house till he was, bie order of Lawe, dispossessed.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 131 Shal then my fathers Will be of no force, To dispossesse that childe which is not his.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 142 The seat Of Deitie supream, us dispossest, He trusted to have seis'd.

1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto (1798) iii. 49 His father and grandfather had been too powerful for the house of Vicenza to dispossess them.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. viii. ii. 229 They were dispossessed by the Arghúns of Sind, who were, in their turn, expelled by Prince Cámrán.

b. To deprive (any one) of the possession of (a thing).

ΚΠ

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cli Y^e Sarazyns at this Iourney were not dispossessyd of y^e Cytie of Thunys.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 273 Neverthelesse, I am not dispossessed of hope.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 22 Why doe's my bloud thus muster to my heart..dispossessing all my other parts Of necessary fitnesse?

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 299 Let a foreign body dispossess water of its coldness.

1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 389 The empire..seemed to be regarded as already dispossessed of all its rights.

reflexive.1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. xii. 278 To dispossesse them selues of all that euer thei haue.a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. iii. 23 The king hath dispossest himselfe of vs. 1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. 1st Ser. viii. 117 We have also dispossessed ourselves of belief in the reality of retribution.

†c. with from, out of: To drive out (from a possession); to expel, banish. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > exile [verb (transitive)]

flemeOE

forbana1250

exilec1330

forbanishc1450

banish1485

expel1490

exulate1535

vanquishc1540

relegate1561

extirpate1566

exul1568

seclude1572

confine1577

bandon1592

dispossess1600

vent1609

expose1632

deporta1641

disterr1645

transport1666

releage1691

expatriate1817

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 272 Having dispossessed F. from his charge, he began [etc.].

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 28 Who..Will..quite dispossess Concord and law of Nature from the Earth.

1679 J. Smith Narr. Popish-plot Ded. sig. B^v Might your Popish Adversaries but once..dispossess you out of the hearts of your Subjects.

1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 42/1 To make use of force, in dispossessing our people from Port Egmont.

†d. With double obj. (of omitted). Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 143 I will choose Mine heyre from forth the Beggers of the world, And dispossesse her all.

†2.

a. To cast out (the evil spirit by which any one is possessed); to exorcize. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [verb (transitive)] > exorcize

halsec825

exorcize1546

lay1597

dispossess1618

society > faith > worship > exorcism > perform exorcism [verb (transitive)] > exorcize an evil spirit

exorcize1546

lay1597

dispossess1618

1618 S. Rowlands Sacred Memorie 34 Helpe, helpe, haue mercy, dispossesse this fiend.

1683 G. Hickes Case Infant-baptism 53 The true Disciples of Christ did then dispossess Devils.

1775 H. Farmer Ess. Demoniacs New Test. i. vii. 142 Writers, who..represent the devil as being every day dispossessed by Christians.

b. To rid (the possessed person) of (an evil spirit); to free from demoniacal possession.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > exorcism > perform exorcism [verb (transitive)] > exorcize a person or place

dispossess1599

undevil1632

exorcize1645

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [verb (transitive)] > exorcize > a person

dispossess1599

undevil1632

exorcize1645

1599 R. Hakluyt tr. Odoric of Pordenone in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 65 There are many possessed men in those parts..who being dispossessed of the vncleane spirits, do presently beleeue in Christ who deliuered them.

1630 P. Massinger Renegado iv. iii. sig. K1 I cannot play the exorcist To dispossesse thee.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 28 Then Exorcists, that served to dispossesse such as are possessed by the Divell.

1676 R. Kidder Charity Directed 7 How many he..Dispossessed, and Raised.

1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda III. xxviii. 236 He was dispossessed of the evil spirit of gambling as if by a miracle.

1845 G. Oliver Coll. Biogr. Soc. Jesus 74 His fame for dispossessing obsessed persons becoming notorious.

3. transferred and figurative. To dislodge, oust, drive out.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > clear out or away > specific something immaterial

voida1382

dispossessa1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. ii. 59 Thou shalt hold th' opinion of Pythagoras..and feare to kill a Woodcocke, lest thou dispossesse the soule of thy grandam.

1636 Ford's Most Famous Hist. Parismus (new ed.) ii. i. 4 But Fortune..at an instant dispossesseth [earlier edd. disposeth] their content.

1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads i. 451 And having thirst and hunger dispossest.

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. §68 Two kinds of prejudices, which..moreover, differ extremely in the difficulty of dispossessing them.

Derivatives

dispoˈssessed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > loss > [adjective] > suffering loss > deprived

forlornc1150

bereaved?a1200

destitute14..

private?a1425

devoidedc1430

disgarnished1484

destituted1550

deprived1552

deprivate1575

berapt1581

bereft1586

bereaven1592

dispossessed1599

ungraced1602

privated1656

viduated1660

disfurnished1670

the mind > possession > loss > [adjective] > suffering loss > deprived > dispossessed

dispossessed1599

expropriated1889

the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > deprived or underprivileged people

low-paid1739

submerged tenth1890

submerged1897

dispossessed1901

underprivileged1935

wretched of the earth1965

1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. Desposseydo, dispossessed.

1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxvi. sig. E11^v For that time hee is tame and dispossest.

1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) V. 112 Thousands of dispossessed tenants made their way to London.

1901 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 411/2 Throughout Ireland, on the whole, Protestants are the possessors, Catholics the dispossessed.

1909 Englishwoman Apr. 305 Woman rebelled because she belonged to the classes of the dispossessed.

1944 M. Laski Love on Supertax i. 5 Spring as it came to the needy and the dispirited, to the fallen and the dispossessed.

dispoˈssessing n. and adj.

ΚΠ

1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas v. 76 Discountenancings, disturbings, dispossessings of them.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 267 We require..a dislodging, a dispossessing of the sin.

dispoˈssess n. U.S. colloquial the act of ejecting from possession, ejectment, as in dispossess proceedings, dispossess warrant, legal proceedings or warrant to eject a tenant: cf. dispossessory adj.

ΚΠ

1889 Cent. Dict. II. 1680/3 Dispossess proceedings, proceedings at law summarily to evict a tenant, as for non-payment of rent. [Colloq.] Dispossess warrant, a warrant awarded in such proceedings, to evict the occupant. [New York.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	dispossess
释义	dispossessv. /dɪspəˈzɛs/ Etymology: < Old French despossesser to dispossess (in Godefroy), < des- , dis- prefix 1d + possesser to possess v. Compare the parallel medieval Latin dispossidēre , 16th cent. French desposseder , modern French déposséder . For the development of sense 2a, 2b, compare possess v. 1. a. transitive. To put (any one) out of possession; to strip of possessions; to dislodge, disseise, oust. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > dispossess disseisec1320 disincreasec1374 disheritc1400 disappoint1434 unpossessc1449 forbanishc1450 dispoint1483 disemparec1500 usurp1512 defeat?1545 depose1558 devest1563 dispossess1565 disappropriate1610 disadvest1611 expropriate1611 dispropriate1613 dispropertya1616 disinvest1619 divest1648 unrobe1650 defarm1693 1565 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 136 The said Roberte held possession in the said house till he was, bie order of Lawe, dispossessed. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 131 Shal then my fathers Will be of no force, To dispossesse that childe which is not his. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 142 The seat Of Deitie supream, us dispossest, He trusted to have seis'd. View more context for this quotation 1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto (1798) iii. 49 His father and grandfather had been too powerful for the house of Vicenza to dispossess them. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. viii. ii. 229 They were dispossessed by the Arghúns of Sind, who were, in their turn, expelled by Prince Cámrán. b. To deprive (any one) of the possession of (a thing). ΚΠ a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cli Y^e Sarazyns at this Iourney were not dispossessyd of y^e Cytie of Thunys. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 273 Neverthelesse, I am not dispossessed of hope. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 22 Why doe's my bloud thus muster to my heart..dispossessing all my other parts Of necessary fitnesse? View more context for this quotation 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 299 Let a foreign body dispossess water of its coldness. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 389 The empire..seemed to be regarded as already dispossessed of all its rights. reflexive.1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. xii. 278 To dispossesse them selues of all that euer thei haue.a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. iii. 23 The king hath dispossest himselfe of vs. View more context for this quotation1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. 1st Ser. viii. 117 We have also dispossessed ourselves of belief in the reality of retribution. †c. with from, out of: To drive out (from a possession); to expel, banish. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > exile [verb (transitive)] flemeOE forbana1250 exilec1330 forbanishc1450 banish1485 expel1490 exulate1535 vanquishc1540 relegate1561 extirpate1566 exul1568 seclude1572 confine1577 bandon1592 dispossess1600 vent1609 expose1632 deporta1641 disterr1645 transport1666 releage1691 expatriate1817 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 272 Having dispossessed F. from his charge, he began [etc.]. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 28 Who..Will..quite dispossess Concord and law of Nature from the Earth. View more context for this quotation 1679 J. Smith Narr. Popish-plot Ded. sig. B^v Might your Popish Adversaries but once..dispossess you out of the hearts of your Subjects. 1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 42/1 To make use of force, in dispossessing our people from Port Egmont. †d. With double obj. (of omitted). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 143 I will choose Mine heyre from forth the Beggers of the world, And dispossesse her all. View more context for this quotation †2. a. To cast out (the evil spirit by which any one is possessed); to exorcize. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [verb (transitive)] > exorcize halsec825 exorcize1546 lay1597 dispossess1618 society > faith > worship > exorcism > perform exorcism [verb (transitive)] > exorcize an evil spirit exorcize1546 lay1597 dispossess1618 1618 S. Rowlands Sacred Memorie 34 Helpe, helpe, haue mercy, dispossesse this fiend. 1683 G. Hickes Case Infant-baptism 53 The true Disciples of Christ did then dispossess Devils. 1775 H. Farmer Ess. Demoniacs New Test. i. vii. 142 Writers, who..represent the devil as being every day dispossessed by Christians. b. To rid (the possessed person) of (an evil spirit); to free from demoniacal possession. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > exorcism > perform exorcism [verb (transitive)] > exorcize a person or place dispossess1599 undevil1632 exorcize1645 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [verb (transitive)] > exorcize > a person dispossess1599 undevil1632 exorcize1645 1599 R. Hakluyt tr. Odoric of Pordenone in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 65 There are many possessed men in those parts..who being dispossessed of the vncleane spirits, do presently beleeue in Christ who deliuered them. 1630 P. Massinger Renegado iv. iii. sig. K1 I cannot play the exorcist To dispossesse thee. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 28 Then Exorcists, that served to dispossesse such as are possessed by the Divell. 1676 R. Kidder Charity Directed 7 How many he..Dispossessed, and Raised. 1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda III. xxviii. 236 He was dispossessed of the evil spirit of gambling as if by a miracle. 1845 G. Oliver Coll. Biogr. Soc. Jesus 74 His fame for dispossessing obsessed persons becoming notorious. 3. transferred and figurative. To dislodge, oust, drive out. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > clear out or away > specific something immaterial voida1382 dispossessa1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. ii. 59 Thou shalt hold th' opinion of Pythagoras..and feare to kill a Woodcocke, lest thou dispossesse the soule of thy grandam. View more context for this quotation 1636 Ford's Most Famous Hist. Parismus (new ed.) ii. i. 4 But Fortune..at an instant dispossesseth [earlier edd. disposeth] their content. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads i. 451 And having thirst and hunger dispossest. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. §68 Two kinds of prejudices, which..moreover, differ extremely in the difficulty of dispossessing them. Derivatives dispoˈssessed adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > [adjective] > suffering loss > deprived forlornc1150 bereaved?a1200 destitute14.. private?a1425 devoidedc1430 disgarnished1484 destituted1550 deprived1552 deprivate1575 berapt1581 bereft1586 bereaven1592 dispossessed1599 ungraced1602 privated1656 viduated1660 disfurnished1670 the mind > possession > loss > [adjective] > suffering loss > deprived > dispossessed dispossessed1599 expropriated1889 the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > deprived or underprivileged people low-paid1739 submerged tenth1890 submerged1897 dispossessed1901 underprivileged1935 wretched of the earth1965 1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. Desposseydo, dispossessed. 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxvi. sig. E11^v For that time hee is tame and dispossest. 1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) V. 112 Thousands of dispossessed tenants made their way to London. 1901 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 411/2 Throughout Ireland, on the whole, Protestants are the possessors, Catholics the dispossessed. 1909 Englishwoman Apr. 305 Woman rebelled because she belonged to the classes of the dispossessed. 1944 M. Laski Love on Supertax i. 5 Spring as it came to the needy and the dispirited, to the fallen and the dispossessed. dispoˈssessing n. and adj. ΚΠ 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas v. 76 Discountenancings, disturbings, dispossessings of them. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 267 We require..a dislodging, a dispossessing of the sin. dispoˈssess n. U.S. colloquial the act of ejecting from possession, ejectment, as in dispossess proceedings, dispossess warrant, legal proceedings or warrant to eject a tenant: cf. dispossessory adj. ΚΠ 1889 Cent. Dict. II. 1680/3 Dispossess proceedings, proceedings at law summarily to evict a tenant, as for non-payment of rent. [Colloq.] Dispossess warrant, a warrant awarded in such proceedings, to evict the occupant. 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