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Dispossess

DISPOSSESS, verb transitive [dis and possess.] To put out of possession, by any means; to deprive of the actual occupancy of a thing, particularly of land or real estate; to deseize.

Ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein. [[Numbers 33#53|Numbers 33:53]].

Usually followed by of, before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown.