Dis′pos‐sess″ (?; see Possess), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dispossessed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dispossessing.] [Pref. dis- + possess: cf. F. 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.