verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To deprive of seisin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land). archaic

   "to disseize a tenant of his freehold"

Example

More examples

"to disseize a tenant of his freehold"

Etymology

From dis- + seize: compare French dessaisir.

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