Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Repossess \Re`pos*sess"\ (r?"p?z*z?s" or -p?s*s?s"), v. t.
   To possess again; as, to repossess the land. --Pope.

   {To repossess one's self of} (something), to acquire again
      (something lost).

Source : WordNet®

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