Mispossess
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To possess illicitly, as by theft. transitive
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From mis- + possess.
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