dispossess
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 10
/dɪspəˈzəs/(UK)
Definition of dispossess
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- To deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them.
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verb
- To deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them.
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To deprive someone of possession in general.
“Though Mars himſelfe the angry God of armes, And all the earthly Potentates conſpire, To diſpoſſeſſe me of this Diadem: Yet wil I weare it in deſpight of them As great commander of this Eaſtearne world, […]”
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To take possession of the ball/puck etc. (from someone).
“It was Bannan who released Agbonlahor for his goal with a long-range curling pass after Stephen Warnock had dispossessed Mohamed Diame.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French despossesser. Equivalent to dis- + possess.
Words you can make from dispossess
114 playable · top: DISPOSES (11 pts)
Best play disposes 11 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
13 words5-letter words
19 words4-letter words
34 words- DEPS 7 pts
- DIPS 7 pts
- DOPE 7 pts
- OPED 7 pts
- PEDI 7 pts
- PEDS 7 pts
- PIED 7 pts
- PODS 7 pts
- SPED 7 pts
- EPOS 6 pts
- OPES 6 pts
- PESO 6 pts
- PIES 6 pts
- PISO 6 pts
- PISS 6 pts
- POIS 6 pts
- POSE 6 pts
- PSIS 6 pts
- SEPS 6 pts
- SIPE 6 pts
- SIPS 6 pts
- SOPS 6 pts
- DESI 5 pts
- DIES 5 pts
- DISS 5 pts
- DOES 5 pts
- DOSE 5 pts
- DOSS 5 pts
- IDES 5 pts
- ODES 5 pts
- SIDE 5 pts
- SODS 5 pts
- OSES 4 pts
- SEIS 4 pts
3-letter words
29 words2-letter words
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