What does mispossess mean?
Mispossess means (transitive) To possess illicitly, as by theft..
Mispossess
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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.
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Word Forms
- mispossesses
- mispossessing
- mispossessed
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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.
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