oust
[ oust ]
/ aʊst /
verb (used with object)
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied: The bouncer ousted the drunk; to oust the prime minister in the next election.
Law. to eject or evict; dispossess.
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Nearby words
- ourself,
- ourselves,
- ouse,
- ousel,
- ouspensky,
- ouster,
- out,
- out and about,
- out and away,
- out at the elbows
Origin of oust
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oust
/ (aʊst) /
verb (tr)
to force out of a position or place; supplant or expel
property law to deprive (a person) of the possession of land
Word Origin for oust
C16: from Anglo-Norman ouster, from Latin obstāre to withstand, from ob- against + stāre to stand
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oust
early 15c., from Anglo-French oster (late 13c.), Old French oster "remove, take away, take off; evict, dispel; liberate, release" (Modern French ôter), from Latin obstare "stand before, be opposite, stand opposite to, block," in Vulgar Latin, "hinder," from ob "against" (see ob-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Related: Ousted; ousting.
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