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dis•pos•sess



Pronunciation: (dis"pu-zes'), [key]
—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.

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