Both Uses of
dispossess
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- The organization dispossesses him for the landlord.†
Chpt 24 *dispossesses = takes away something possessed
- Do you think the organization would let the landlord dispossess him?†
Chpt 24
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)