Meaning of OUST
| Pronunciation: | | awst
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- [v] remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"
- [v] remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"
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| | Synonyms: | | boot out, drum out, expel, kick out, throw out |
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| | See Also: | | depose, excommunicate, force out, remove, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supplant | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Oust\, n.
See {Oast}.
\Oust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ousted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ousting}.] [OF. oster, F. [^o]ter, prob. fr. L. obstare to
oppose, hence, to forbid, take away. See {Obstacle}, and cf.
{Ouster}.]
1. To take away; to remove.
Multiplication of actions upon the case were rare,
formerly, and thereby wager of law ousted. --Sir M.
Hale.
2. To eject; to turn out. --Blackstone.
From mine own earldom foully ousted me. --Tennyson.
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