Disseize

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

  Disseize \Dis*seize"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disseized}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Disseizing}.] [Pref. dis- + seize: cf. F. dessaisir.]
     (Law)
     To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust
     wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed
     by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold. [Written


     also {disseise}.]
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           Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold
           those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them
           thereof.                                 --Holland.
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