Dispossessing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dispossess \Dis`pos*sess"\ (?; see {Possess}), v. t. [imp. & p.
     p. {Dispossessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispossessing}.] [Pref.
     dis- + possess: cf. F. d['e]poss['e]der.]
     To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy
     of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to
     eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away;


     as, to dispossess a king of his crown.
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           Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. --Goldsmith.
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