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
- 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- "Call me your brother," said I, trying to repossess myself of the hand she had gently withdrawn from my grasp.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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