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unpossess

verb

Etymology

From un- + 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. formed as unpossess — “un- + possess”

Definitions

  1. To be without, or to resign, possession of.

    • This is a farce. Since when did I receive the gun (which is possessing it) and then unpossess it, and, then possess it again (all from 1984 to 1985) .
    • Users can select whether the Soul should continue to refer to the original Body (B_C on the host A) or it should unpossess the old Body and possess a one on the host B.
    • These two events are called when this player controller possesses and unpossesses a pawn.

  2. To free from an obsession that has taken hold of (someone)

    • The hold that is given over I unpossess, so hangeth now in balance Of war my peace, reward of all my pain, At Mountzon thus I restless rest in Spain.
    • […] but she also exits as a new person, for to be free, she had to unpossess herself of her "possession," her passion.
    • She was posssessed, Nausicaa was, and no amount of reminding her of Odysseus's age and marital status could unpossess her .

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