Expelled vs Dispossessed - What's the difference?
expelled | dispossessed |
(expel)
To eject or erupt.
(obsolete) To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
* , II.xi:
To remove from membership.
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To deport.
(dispossess)
* 1215 —
* 1897 —
Homelessness.
Impoverished.
As verbs the difference between expelled and dispossessed
is that expelled is (expel) while dispossessed is (dispossess).As an adjective dispossessed is
homelessness.expelled
English
Alternative forms
*expeled (US )Verb
(head)expel
English
Verb
- But to the ground the idle quarrell fell: / Then he another and another did expell .
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Synonyms
* (l), (l), (l), (l), turf outAntonyms
* impeldispossessed
English
Verb
(head)- To any man whom we have deprived or dispossessed of lands, castles, liberties, or rights, without the lawful judgement of his equals, we will at once restore these.
- Whereupon the soldier dispossessed himself of his burden, and stood looking down upon it in great perplexity.