| slovo | definícia |
dispossessed
(encz) | dispossessed,vyděděný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Dispossessed
(gcide) | Dispossess \Dis`pos*sess"\ (?; see Possess), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Dispossessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispossessing.] [Pref.
dis- + possess: cf. F. d['e]poss['e]der.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster] |
dispossessed
(gcide) | dispossessed \dispossessed\ adj.
physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security.
Syn: homeless, roofless.
[WordNet 1.5]
made a living out of shepherding dispossessed
people from one country to another --James Stern |
dispossessed
(wn) | dispossessed
adj 1: physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of
security; "made a living out of shepherding dispossed
people from one country to another"- James Stern [syn:
dispossessed, homeless, roofless] |
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dispossessed
(encz) | dispossessed,vyděděný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
dispossessed
(gcide) | Dispossess \Dis`pos*sess"\ (?; see Possess), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Dispossessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispossessing.] [Pref.
dis- + possess: cf. F. d['e]poss['e]der.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]dispossessed \dispossessed\ adj.
physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security.
Syn: homeless, roofless.
[WordNet 1.5]
made a living out of shepherding dispossessed
people from one country to another --James Stern |
dispossessed
(wn) | dispossessed
adj 1: physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of
security; "made a living out of shepherding dispossed
people from one country to another"- James Stern [syn:
dispossessed, homeless, roofless] |
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