disseise verb trans. [dɪs'si:z] Also disseize. ME.
[Anglo-Norman disseisir, Old French dessaisir dispossess, formed as DIS- 2, SEIZE verb.]
1. Law (now Hist.). Put out of actual seisin or possession; dispossess (a person) of estates etc., usually wrongfully or by force; oust. (Foll. by of, from.) ME.

2. gen. Deprive, rob, rid, of. ME.

■ dissei'see noun a person who is disseised of an estate E16.

■ disseisor noun a person who disseises LME.

■ disseisoress noun a female disseisor L16.

■ disseisure noun = DISSEISIN 1 L16-E18.

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