Meanings
verbmispossess (third-person singular simple present mispossesses, present participle mispossessing, simple past and past participle mispossessed)
present singular third person mispossesses · participle present mispossessing · participle past mispossessed · past mispossessed
- transitiveTo possess illicitly, as by theft.
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.
1864, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England, page 385
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mispossess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mispossess
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“mispossess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mispossess. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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