1.
[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.
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Multiplication of actions upon the case were rare,
formerly, and thereby wager of law ousted. --Sir M.
Hale.
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2. To eject; to expel; to turn out. --Blackstone.
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From mine own earldom foully ousted me. --Tennyson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Oust \Oust\, n.
See Oast.
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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"