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e⋅vict

  [i-vikt]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to expel (a person, esp. a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent.
2. to recover (property, titles, etc.) by virtue of superior legal title.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME evicten < LL ēvictus having recovered one's property by law, L: ptp. of ēvincere to overcome, conquer, evince ), equiv. to ē- e- + vic- (ptp. s. of vincere; see victor ) + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
e⋅vic⋅tion, noun
e⋅vic⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
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e·vict   (ĭ-vĭkt')   
tr.v.   e·vict·ed, e·vict·ing, e·victs

  1. To put out (a tenant, for example) by legal process; expel.

  2. To force out; eject. See Synonyms at eject.

  3. Law To recover (property, for example) by a superior claim or legal process.


[Middle English evicten, from Latin ēvincere, ēvict-, to vanquish : ē-, ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + vincere, to defeat; see weik-3 in Indo-European roots.]
e·vict·ee' (ĭ-vĭk-tē', ĭ-vĭk'tē) n., e·vic'tion n., e·vic'tor n.
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evict 
1447, "recover property," from L. evictus, pp. of evincere "recover property, overcome and expel, conquer," from ex- "out" + vincere "conquer" (see victor). Sense of "expel by legal process" first recorded in Eng. 1536.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: evict
Pronunciation: i-'vikt
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Medieval Latin evictus, past participle of evincere to recover (property) by legal process, from Latin, to vanquish, regain possession of
: to put (a tenant) out of property by force, by virtue of a paramount title, or esp. by legal process
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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