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Oust

Oust Meaning & Definition
Oust Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Oust?

[v] remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"
[v] remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Oust: boot out | drum out | expel | kick out | throw out

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

See Also | depose | excommunicate | force out | remove | replace | supersede | supervene upon | supplant

Oust In Webster's Dictionary

\Oust\, n. See {Oast}.
\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. Multiplication of actions upon the case were rare, formerly, and thereby wager of law ousted. --Sir M. Hale. 2. To eject; to turn out. --Blackstone. From mine own earldom foully ousted me. --Tennyson.

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