unpossess

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unpossess

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From un- + possess.

verb unpossesses · unpossessing · unpossessed

rare, transitive To be without, or to resign, possession of. This is a farce. Since when did I receive the gun (which is possessing it) and then unpossess it, and, then possess it again (all from 1984 to 1985) .
To free from an obsession that has taken hold of (someone) The hold that is given over I unpossess, so hangeth now in balance Of war my peace, reward of all my pain, At Mountzon thus I restless rest in Spain.

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@misc{unpossess_2026,
  title = {unpossess},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unpossess},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}