disseize

verb
/dɪˈsiːz/

Etymology

From dis- + seize: compare French dessaisir.

  1. derived from *sakaną
  2. inherited from *sakjaną
  3. derived from *sakjan
  4. derived from sacio
  5. derived from seisir
  6. inherited from seisen
  7. prefixed as disseize — “dis + seize

Definitions

  1. To deprive of seisin or possession

    To deprive of seisin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land).

    • to disseize a tenant of his freehold
    • which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA