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Divestiture :: Divestiture (n.) The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc..

Having :: Having (n.) Possession; goods; estate.

Command :: Command (n.) The possession or exercise of authority.

Lease :: Lease (v. t.) To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise; as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes with out..

Suspensely :: Suspense (a.) A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent..

Occupant :: Occupant (n.) One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing..

Inherit :: Inherit (v. t.) To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession.

Beneficiary :: Beneficiary (a.) Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession..

Secure :: Secure (v. t.) To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate..

Disappropriate :: Disappropriate (v. t.) To sever from appropriation or possession a spiritual corporation.

Monopolize :: Monopolize (v. t.) To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; to monopolize land..

Spend :: Spend (v. i.) To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely..

Usurp :: Usurp (v. t.) To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him..

Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.

Occupy :: Occupy (v. i.) To hold possession; to be an occupant.

Monandry :: Monandry (n.) The possession by a woman of only one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with polyandry.

Possessioner :: Possessioner (n.) An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., as contrasted with mendicant friars..

Desire :: Desire (v. t.) The natural longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good, and impels to action or effort its continuance or possession; an eager wish to obtain or enjoy..

Confusion :: Confusion (n.) The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.

Pancarte :: Pancarte (n.) A royal charter confirming to a subject all his possessions.

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