Present participle of dispossess; the ongoing action of depriving someone of possession or ownership of property.
From dispossess + -ing (present participle suffix). Forms the continuous/progressive aspect of the verb.
Legal documents about dispossessing people of land create a tragic historical record—the American Indian Removal Act of 1830 dispossessed thousands, a documented atrocity preservable in language.
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