Mispossess
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Mispossess is a verb meaning (transitive) To possess illicitly, as by theft.
Meaning
(transitive) To possess illicitly, as by theft.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- mispossesses
- mispossessing
- mispossessed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include misappropriate, misown, unpossess, dispossess, steal, misget.
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