Dis′/pos-sĕss′, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DISPOSSESSED; p. pr. & vb. n. DISPOSSESSING.] [Prefix dis and possess, q. v.; Fr. déposséder.] To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject;—usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown.

Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. Goldsmith.