Word: dispossessed
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: dis
pos
sessed
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of dispossess; deprive of the possession of real estate
Morphemes:
Affix: dis-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: reversal or removal
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dis-
Language: la
Decoded: dis-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: reversal, removal
Affix: possess
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To have; to have ownership of.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: possesser
Language: fro
Decoded: possesser
Meaning: to possess
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.