Oust
[aʊst]
Definition
(verb.) remove from a position or office; 'The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds'.
(verb.) remove and replace; 'The word processor has ousted the typewriter'.
Typed by Aldo--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) See Oast.
(v. t.) To take away; to remove.
(v. t.) To eject; to turn out.
Inputed by Huntington
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Eject, expel, dislodge, turn out.
Checker: Yale
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Eject, dispossess, deprive, evict, eject, dislodge, remove
ANT:Install, reinstate, readmit, restore
Typed by Damian
Definition
v.t. to eject or expel.—n. Oust′er (law) ejection: dispossession.
Typed by Claire
Examples
- We might oust the girl herself? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They would soon oust me and the children. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was he whose arrival in his capital called up all France in arms to defend him there; and all Europe to oust him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The statesman has still to oust the politician from his lairs and weapon heaps. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Faint heart never won fair lady, so if you don't oust your rival, I am afraid she will be married by him under your nose. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Plantation gangs began to oust the patch cultivation of the labourer-serf in the case of some staple products. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A certain Cleon arose, ambitious to oust Pericles from his leadership. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Brahminism had long since ousted Buddhism from India, but the converts to Islam were still but a small ruling minority in the land. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Would Miss Crawley herself hold out; and had she not a secret longing to welcome back the ousted adversary? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The plebeians were ousted from any share in the conquered lands, which the patricians divided up among themselves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She chuckled and laughed as she told how the ousted lover had sat with his head buried under his wing, on the gravel. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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