dispossess Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. pello, pĕpŭli, pulsum, 3 (whether legally or violently2. expello, 3 (like pello)3. dētrūdo, si, sum, 3 (violently)4. dēturbo, 1 (like preced.)5. dējĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (which also strictly implied violence6. exŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 37. dēmŏveo, mōvi, mōtum, 2II. Fig.1. ēvello, i, vulsum, 32. ădĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3 • dispossess: I. Lit.: to eject from property: 1. pello, pĕpŭli, pulsum, 3 (whether legally or violently: usu. with abl.): more fully, p. possessionibus, Cic.: they (the settlers) d.'d them of house and land, pellebant domibus, exturbabant agris, Tac.: the law d.'d the patricians of public land, lex possesso agro patres pellebat, Liv. (in Quich.): absol. Hor. Od. 2, 18, 26. 2. expello, 3 (like pello): Join: expelli et ejici [e praedio], Cic. 3. dētrūdo, si, sum, 3 (violently): to d. a person by force, of land, de agro aliquem vi d., Cic. 4. dēturbo, 1 (like preced.): to be d.'d, [certa re et] possessione deturbari, Cic. 5. dējĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (which also strictly implied violence: Cic. Caec. 17) with de possessione, Cic. Join: dejici detrudique, Cic. 6. exŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3: to d. of hereditary property, avitis bonis ex., Tac. 7. dēmŏveo, mōvi, mōtum, 2: cf. Cic. Caec. 17, 49: where however the word is not used technically. II. Fig.: to deprive of; esp. of an opinion: 1. ēvello, i, vulsum, 3: to d. people of so deeply rooted an opinion, e. ex animis hominum tantam opinionem, Cic. Clu. 1, fin. (a little below he has convellere, extorquere, in sim. sense); so, insitas opiniones evellere, opp. to, novas opiniones inserere, Cic. 2. ădĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3: v. to take away, deprive of.