un-seat

un·seat

[uhn-seet]
verb (used with object)
1.
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
2.
to remove from political office by an elective process, by force, or by legal action: The corrupt mayor was finally unseated.
Origin:
1590–1600; un-2 + seat

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unseat (ʌnˈsiːt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb
1.  to throw or displace from a seat, saddle, etc
2.  to depose from office or position

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unseat
1596, "to throw down from a seat" (especially on horseback), from un- (2) + seat (v.). Meaning "to deprive of rank or office" is attested from 1611; especially of elected office in a representative body from 1834.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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