Search Result for "oust": 
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. remove from a position or office;
- Example: "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"
[syn: oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel]

2. remove and replace;
- Example: "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Oust \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. [1913 Webster] Multiplication of actions upon the case were rare, formerly, and thereby wager of law ousted. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] 2. To eject; to expel; to turn out. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] From mine own earldom foully ousted me. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Oust \Oust\, n. See Oast. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

oust v 1: remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds" [syn: oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel] 2: remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"