DISPOSSESSED
dispossessed, homeless, roofless
(adjective) physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security; “made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another”- James Stern
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
dispossessed
simple past tense and past participle of dispossess
Adjective
dispossessed (not comparable)
Homeless
Impoverished
Source: Wiktionary
DISPOSSESS
Dis`pos*sess" (; see Possess), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispossessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispossessing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + possess: cf. F. déposséder.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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