Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mispossess

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mis-pos-sess
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To possess illicitly, as by theft.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From mis- + possess.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

mispossesses (present, singular) mispossessing (participle, present) mispossessed (participle, past) mispossessed (past)

Questions

What does mispossess mean?
To possess illicitly, as by theft.
Where does mispossess come from?
From mis- + possess.

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