All 4 Uses of
dispossess
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- And then the dispossessed were drawn west—from Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico; from Nevada and Arkansas families, tribes, dusted out, tractored out.†
Chpt 19 *dispossessed = people who are impoverished (poor--in any of different ways such as without physical or spiritual comforts, or without rights) OR deprived (had something taken away--such as land) OR took away
- And the dispossessed, the migrants, flowed into California, two hundred and fifty thousand, and three hundred thousand.†
Chpt 19
- And new waves were on the way, new waves of the dispossessed and the homeless, hardened, intent, and dangerous.†
Chpt 19
- The land fell into fewer hands, the number of the dispossessed increased, and every effort of the great owners was directed at repression.†
Chpt 19
Definitions:
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(1)
(dispossess) to take away possession of something -- especially real estate
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In the form, dispossessed, the word is often used as a noun to refer to people who are impoverished (poor--in any of different ways such as without physical or spiritual comforts, or without rights)