repossess

3 definitions found

repossess - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Repossess \Re`pos*sess"\ (r[-e]`p[o^]z*z[e^]s" or
     r[-e]`p[o^]s*s[e^]s"), v. t.
     1. To possess again; as, to repossess the land. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Specifically: To take possession of, for failure of the
        possessor to make payments owed for purchase of; -- used
        of real estate subject to mortgage payments and of other
        objects purchased on a time-payment plan, which may be
        taken back (repossessed) by the original vendor if the
        payments are not made on time.
        [PJC]
  
     To repossess one's self of (something), to acquire again
        (something lost).
        [1913 Webster]

repossess - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  repossess
      v 1: claim back [syn: reclaim, repossess]
      2: regain possession of something [syn: take back,
         repossess]

repossess - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "repossess":
     get back, ransom, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recover, recruit,
     recuperate, redeem, regain, renovate, reoccupy, replevin, replevy,
     restore, resume, retake, retrieve, revindicate, revive,
     take back