Synonyms

eviction

[ih-vikt] Origin

e·vict

[ih-vikt]
verb (used with object)
1.
to expel (a person, especially 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 Middle English evicten < Late Latin ēvictus having recovered one's property by law, Latin: past participle of ēvincere to overcome, conquer, evince), equivalent to ē- e- + vic- (past participle stem of vincere; see victor) + -tus past participle suffix

e·vic·tion, noun
e·vic·tor, noun
non·e·vic·tion, noun
re·e·vict, verb (used with object)
un·e·vict·ed, adjective


1. eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.

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Eviction is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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evict (ɪˈvɪkt)
 
vb
1.  to expel (a tenant) from property by process of law; turn out
2.  to recover (property or the title to property) by judicial process or by virtue of a superior title
 
[C15: from Late Latin ēvincere, from Latin: to vanquish utterly, from vincere to conquer]
 
e'viction
 
n
 
e'victor
 
n
 
evic'tee
 
n

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eviction
mid-15c., from M.Fr. éviction, from L. evictionem (nom. evictio) "recovery of one's property," from stem of evincere (see evict).
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