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[oust] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to expel or remove from a place or position occupied: The bouncer ousted the drunk; to oust the Prime Minister in the next election. |
| 2. | Law. to eject or evict; dispossess. |
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| oust (oust) tr.v. oust·ed, oust·ing, ousts
[Middle English ousten, from Anglo-Norman ouster, from Latin obstāre, to hinder; see obstacle.] |
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Oust
Oust\, n. See Oast.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. 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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Language Translation for : Oust
Spanish:
desbancar, expulsar,
German:
verdrängen,
Japanese:
追い出す
oust
1420, from Anglo-Fr. oster (1292), from O.Fr. oster "put out, keep off, remove, avert" (Fr. ôter), from L. obstare "stand opposite to, block, hinder," from ob "against" + stare "to stand," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Ouster (n.) is first recorded 1531, noun use of Anglo-Fr. ouster.
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