SuaviloquyToday’s word

repossess

Repossess (rpzzs or -psss), v. t.

To possess again; as, to repossess the land. Pope. To repossess one's self of (something), to acquire again (something lost).

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for repossess; he lists it under recover.

Where he writes about it:

The chief transitive use of recover is in the sense to obtain again after losing, regain, repossess, etc.; as, to recover stolen goods; to recover health. — from recover

Synonyms

recoverbe curedbe restoredcurehealhealedreanimaterecruitrecuperateregainrestoreresumeretrieve

Antonyms

diefailgrow worserelapsesink

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