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Meaning of "unpossessing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNPOSSESSING

ˌʌnpəˈzesɪŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNPOSSESSING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unpossessing is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNPOSSESSING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unpossessing in the English dictionary

The definition of unpossessing in the dictionary is having no possessions or ownership.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNPOSSESSING

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNPOSSESSING

unpolitely · unpoliteness · unpolitic · unpolitical · unpolled · unpolluted · unpope · unpopular · unpopularity · unpopularly · unpopulated · unpopulous · unportioned · unposed · unpossessed · unpossible · unposted · unpotable · unpotted · unpowdered

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNPOSSESSING

advertising · blessing · data processing · data-processing · depressing · distressing · embarrassing · focussing · food processing · hairdressing · harassing · hissing · image processing · in passing · information processing · Lessing · mixed blessing · pressing · salad dressing · surpassing · word processing

Synonyms and antonyms of unpossessing in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Unpossessing
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75 millions of speakers
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNPOSSESSING»

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King Lear
Edm. When I dissuaded him from his intent And found him pight to do it with curst speech, 65 I threaten'd to discover him ; he replied : ' Thou unpossessing bastard ! dost thou think, If I would stand against thee, would the reposal Of any trust, ...
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1880
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A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare
UNPOSSESSING— UNRESPECTED. 473 deprive his triumph of its noblest decoration" (Stebvens), vii. 596. unpossessing, having no possessions, incapable of possessing or inheriting, vii. 276. unpregnant, unready, inapt, unable : This deed ...
Alexander Dyce, 1880
3
Pericles. The two noble kinsmen. Venus and Adonis. Lucrece. ...
UNPOSSESSING—-Ui\'RESPECTED. 473 deprive his triumph of its noblest decoration" (Srasvsss), vii. 596. unpossessing, having no possessions, incapable of possessing or inheriting, vii. 276. unpregnant, unready, inapt, unable : This deed ...
William Shakespeare, 1877
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Glossary
UNPOSSESSING— UNRESPECTED. 473 deprive his triumph of its noblest decoration" (Stebvens), vii. 596. UnpOSSeSSing, having no possessions, incapable of possessing or inheriting, vii. 276. Unpregnant, unready, inapt, unable : This ...
William Shakespeare, Alexander Dyce, 1877
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The Works of Shakespeare: King Lear
Edm. When I dissuaded him from his intent, And found him pight to do it, with curst speech 65 I threaten'd to discover him : he replied, " Thou unpossessing bastard ! dost thou think, If I would stand against thee, would the reposal Of any trust, ...
William Shakespeare, William James Craig, Robert Hope Case, 1901
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
306. UNDISTINGUISH'D, indistinguishable, boundless; IV. vi. 283. UNKIND, unnatural; I. i. 265; III. iv. 72. UNNUMRER'D, innumerable; IV. vi. 21. UNPOSSESSING, landless; II. i. 69. UNPRIZED, not appreciated, or, perhaps, priceless; I. i. 264.
William Shakespeare, Henry Norman Hudson, Sir Israel Gollancz, 1909
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The Tragedy of King Lear
.When I dissuaded him from his intent, And found him pight to do it, with curst speech 65 I threaten'd to discover him. He replied, ' Thou unpossessing bastard ! dost thou think, If I would stand against thee, would the reposal Of any trust, virtue , ...
William Shakespeare, Henry Norman Hudson, Ebenezer Charlton Black, 1911
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The Works of William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of King Lear
Edm. When I dissuaded him from his intent, And found him pight to do it, with curst speech 65 I threaten'd to discover him : he replied, " Thou unpossessing bastard ! dost thou think, If I would stand against thee, would the reposal Of any trust, ...
William Shakespeare, 1905
9
A Dictionary of the Language of Shakspeare
Unpossessing. Incapable of inheriting land. Thou unpossessing bastard ! King Lear, ii. 1. Unpregnant. Insensible; unmindful; unready. This deed unshapes me quite, makes me unpregnunt, And dull to all proceedings. Measure for Measure, iv.
Swynfen Jervis, Alexander Dyce, 1868
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King Lear
Edm. When I dissuaded him from his intent And found him pight to do it with curst speech. 65 I threaten'd to discover him ; he replied : ' Thou unpossessing hastard 1 dost fehou think, If I would stand against thee, would the reposal Of any trust, ...
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1908
REFERENCE
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