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Synonyms for repossess


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ree-puh-zes
Phonetic Transcription : ˌri pəˈzɛs



Définition of repossess

Origin :
  • late 15c., "to reoccupy;" see re- "back, again" + possess. Meaning "take back from a purchaser who defaults on payments" first recorded 1933. Related: Repossessed; repossessing.
  • verb take back
Example sentences :
  • The government resolved to repossess New Orleans and Mobile.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, September 7, 1880 » by Various
  • Cordelia lands with French troops to repossess Lear of his kingdom.
  • Extract from : « William Shakespeare » by John Masefield
  • Here there was clearly no aggression: he was only attempting to repossess his own.
  • Extract from : « The Admiral » by Douglas Sladen
  • As he spoke she had but one thought, to repossess herself of the note.
  • Extract from : « Eden » by Edgar Saltus
  • I freely own that I'd give all the rest willingly to repossess myself of the Monsoon treaty.
  • Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II (of II) » by Edmund Downey
  • Thus ended the most notable effort of the Nephites to repossess the land of their fathers' first inheritance, the land of Nephi.
  • Extract from : « New Witnesses for God (Volume 2 of 3) » by B. H. Roberts
  • "He has the same right to repossess his slave here as in his own State;" the same right to kill him if he attempts to escape!
  • Extract from : « The Trial of Theodore Parker » by Theodore Parker
  • "Call me your brother," said I, trying to repossess myself of the hand she had gently withdrawn from my grasp.
  • Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
  • To allow the memory of that other evening to repossess her had seemed the best answer to make.
  • Extract from : « The Debit Account » by Oliver Onions
  • The war was occasioned by Black Hawk disowning the treaty and attempting to repossess the territory.
  • Extract from : « Diary in America, Series Two » by Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)

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