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f stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.

The territory over which dominion or authority is exerted; the possessions of a sovereign or commonwealth, or the like. Also used figuratively. The domain of authentic history. E. Everett. The domain over which the poetic spirit ranges. J. C. Shairp.

ereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy. I praised and honored him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion. Dan. iv. 34. To choose between dominion or slavery. Jowett (Thucyd. ).…

each other. Conjugate or isolated points of a curve are called double points, since they possess most of the properties of double points (see Conjugate). They are also called acnodes, and those points where the branches of the curve really cross are called crunodes. The extremity of a cusp is also a double point. --…

The possession of dovelike qualities, harmlessness and innocence. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

relating to the mere right of property, as distinguished from the right of possession; as, droitural actions. [Obs.] Burrill.

their nature, and consist of two distinct constituents, themselves simple or complex, and possessed of opposite chemical or electrical affinities.

or a time; to live in a place; to reside. The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have possessions. Peacham. The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides. C. J. Smith. To dwell in, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on. "My hopes in heaven to dwell." Shak. -- To dw…

The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl.

Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law.

A kind of posset made of eggs, brandy, sugar, and ale. Lamb.

To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants from an estate.

The state of being ejected or cast out; dispossession; banishment.

A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes.

One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.

Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; -- said of a conductor.

Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by enchanters; as, an enchanted castle.

To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway. No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or interfere with the duty and office of another. South. Supersti…

One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own.

The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion. An unconstitutional encroachment of military power on the civil establishment. Bancroft.