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Meaning of REPOSSESS

Pronunciation:  `reepu'zes

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  regain possession of something
  2. [v]  claim back
 
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 Synonyms: reclaim, take back
 
 See Also: acquire, distrain, foreclose, get, take

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Re`pos*sess"\ (r?"p?z*z?s" or -p?s*s?s"), v. t.
To possess again; as, to repossess the land. --Pope.
{To repossess one's self of} (something), to acquire again
   (something lost).
 

 

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