From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Oust \Oust\, verb (used with an object) [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}.]
Multiplication of actions upon the case were rare, formerly, and thereby wager of law ousted. --Sir M. Hale.
2. To eject; to expel; to turn out. --Blackstone.
From mine own earldom foully ousted me. --Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds" [syn: {throw out}, {drum out}, {boot out}, {kick out}, {expel}]
2: remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "oust": bereave, boot out, bounce, break, bust, cashier, cast, cast out, chuck out, deconsecrate, defenestrate, defrock, deport, depose, dethrone, detrude, disbar, discard, discharge, discrown, disenthrone, disinherit, dislodge, dismiss, displace, dispossess, divest, drum out, eject, evict, exclude, excommunicate, expel, extrude, give the gate, give the hook, heave out, jettison, junk, kick downstairs, kick out, kick upstairs, lag, liquidate, lose, obtrude, ostracize, overthrow, pension, pension off, purge, put out, read out of, reject, relegate, remove, remove from office, retire, rob, strip of office, strip of rank, superannuate, suspend, throw away, throw out, throw overboard, thrust out, toss out, transport, turn out, unchurch, unfrock, unhouse, unkennel, unsaddle, unseat, unthrone
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