Meaning of unpossess | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To be without, or to resign, possession of.
   rare, transitive
2. To free from an obsession that has taken hold of (someone)

Examples

“This is a farce. Since when did I receive the gun (which is possessing it) and then unpossess it, and, then possess it again (all from 1984 to 1985) .”

“Users can select whether the Soul should continue to refer to the original Body (B_C on the host A) or it should unpossess the old Body and possess a one on the host B.”

“These two events are called when this player controller possesses and unpossesses a pawn.”

“The hold that is given over I unpossess, so hangeth now in balance Of war my peace, reward of all my pain, At Mountzon thus I restless rest in Spain.”

“[…] but she also exits as a new person, for to be free, she had to unpossess herself of her "possession," her passion.”

“She was posssessed, Nausicaa was, and no amount of reminding her of Odysseus's age and marital status could unpossess her .”

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