Dispossed

/dɪsˈpɒst/ verb

Definition

Past tense of 'dispost'; to strip of weapons or defensive equipment (archaic).

Etymology

From dis- (meaning to reverse) + post (meaning position or stance, from Latin postis). An archaic military term rarely used in modern English.

Kelly Says

This is a word so old it's nearly fossilized—you'd need to dig into 16th-century military texts to see it, making it a linguistic artifact from when detailed armor and weapons terminology filled battle narratives.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ያጣቱ
ya-ta-tu
ARالعربية
مُصادر
mo-sa-dar
BNবাংলা
বিহীন
bi-heen
CACatalà
despossès
de-spo-ses
CSČeština
zruinovaný
z-roo-i-no-va-ny
DADansk
berøvet
be-ro-vet
DEDeutsch
ent propriété entnommen
en-t pro-pri-et-et en-t-noh-men
ELΕλληνικά
αποστερημένος
a-pos-te-re-men-os
ESEspañol
desposeído
des-po-se-ee-doh
FAفارسی
تصرف شده
tas-rif sho-deh
FISuomi
rikastettu
ri-ka-set-tu
FRFrançais
dépossédé
de-po-se-deh
GUGU
સોંપાયેલો
so-n-pa-ye-lo
HAHA
an-tsara
an-tsara
HEעברית
נשלל
ni-s-hel-el
HIहिन्दी
विहीन
vi-heen
HUMagyar
elvett
el-vett
IDBahasa Indonesia
dismilikkan
di-smi-li-kan
IGIG
agụrụ
a-gu-ru
ITItaliano
diseredato
di-se-re-da-to
JA日本語
没収された
mo-shu-sa-re-ta
KKKK
алу
a-lu
KMKM
បានបាត់
ba-an ba-at
KO한국어
소유권을 박탈당한
so-yu-gwon-eul bak-tal-dang-han
MRMR
हस्तांतरित
has-ta-an-tar-it
MSBahasa Melayu
diambil
di-a-ambil
MYမြန်မာ
ပြည်ပကျ
pyi-de-ka-chi
NLNederlands
onttrokken
ont-trok-ken
NONorsk
berøvet
be-ro-vet
PAPA
ਸੰਪਾਦ
san-paad
PLPolski
pozbawiony
po-zba-wo-ni
PTPortuguês
desapossuado
de-sa-po-su-a-do
RORomână
deprivat
de-pri-vat
RUРусский
лишенного
li-shen-nogo
SVSvenska
förlorad
for-lor-ad
SWKiswahili
kuchukuliwa
ku-chu-ku-li-wa
TAதமிழ்
தொகுதி இழந்த
to-ku-ti i-zhan-tha
TEతెలుగు
దోచుకున్న
do-chu-ku-nna
THไทย
ถูกยึด
took-yut
TLTL
kinuha
ki-nu-ha
TRTürkçe
mülkten mahrum
myul-ten mah-rüm
UKУкраїнська
позбавлений
po-zba-ve-len-y
URاردو
مالکیت سے محروم
ma-lik-it se mah-ro-om
VITiếng Việt
bị tịch thu
bi-tich-thu
YOYO
ṣẹ́ẹ̀
she-e
ZH中文
被剥夺
bèi bāodú
ZUZU
izwe
i-zwe

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