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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Evict \E*vict"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Evicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Evicting}.] [L. evictus, p. p. of evincere to overcome completely, evict. See {Evince}.]
1. (Law) To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.
The law of England would speedily evict them out of their possession. --Sir. J. Davies.
2. To evince; to prove. [Obs.] --Cheyne.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
evict
verb
1: expel or eject without recourse to legal process; "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m."
2: expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months" [syn: {force out}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "evict": boot out, chase, chuck, cut off, disendow, disherison, disinherit, dislodge, dismiss, disown, dispossess, disseise, eject, expel, expropriate, extrude, force out, foreclose, kick out, oust, out, put out, remove, shut out, throw out, toss out, turn out, unhouse, unkennel
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