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mispossess

verb

Etymology

From mis- + possess.

  1. derived from *sed-✻ — “to sit”
  2. derived from *pótis✻ — “master; ruler; husband”
  3. derived from possessus — “possessed; seized”
  4. derived from possesser
  5. derived from possesser
  6. inherited from possessen — “to have, own; to obtain possession of; to inhabit, occupy”
  7. prefixed as mispossess — “mis + possess”

Definitions

  1. To possess illicitly, as by theft.

    • Be he quite wary, as wood is ware of fire, as thigh of bramble or of thistle, he, who may be thinking to mislead these beeves or to mispossess this cattle.

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