Meanings
verbdisseize (third-person singular simple present disseizes, present participle disseizing, simple past and past participle disseized)
present singular third person disseizes · participle present disseizing · participle past disseized · past disseized · alternative disseise
- archaiclawTo deprive of seisin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land).
to disseize a tenant of his freehold
1 more example
which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof
1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC
Origin
From dis- + seize: compare French dessaisir.
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APA
disseize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disseize
MLA
“disseize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disseize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disseize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disseize.
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