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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OUST, n. [L. ustus.] A kiln to dry hops or malt.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds" [syn: oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel]
2: remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French oster, ouster to take off, remove, oust, from Late Latin obstare to ward off, from Latin, to stand in the way, from ob- in the way + stare to stand — more at ob-, stand Date: 15th century 1. a. to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity b. to take away (as a right or authority) ; bar, remove 2. to take the place of ; supplant Synonyms: see eject

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 (usu. foll. by from) drive out or expel, esp. by forcing oneself into the place of. 2 (usu. foll. by of) Law put (a person) out of possession; deprive. Etymology: AF ouster, OF oster take away, f. L obstare oppose, hinder (as OB-, stare stand)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Oust Oust, n. See Oast.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(ousts, ousting, ousted) If someone is ousted from a position of power, job, or place, they are forced to leave it. (JOURNALISM) The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists... Last week they tried to oust him in a parliamentary vote of no confidence. ...the ousted government. VERB: be V-ed, V n, V-ed • ousting The ousting of his predecessor was one of the most dramatic coups the business world had seen in years. = removal

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Eject, expel, dislodge, turn out, dispossess, evict.

Moby Thesaurus

bereave, boot out, bounce, break, bust, cashier, cast, cast out, chuck out, deconsecrate, defenestrate, defrock, deport, depose, dethrone, detrude, disbar, discard, discharge, discrown, disenthrone, disinherit, dislodge, dismiss, displace, dispossess, divest, drum out, eject, evict, exclude, excommunicate, expel, extrude, give the gate, give the hook, heave out, jettison, junk, kick downstairs, kick out, kick upstairs, lag, liquidate, lose, obtrude, ostracize, overthrow, pension, pension off, purge, put out, read out of, reject, relegate, remove, remove from office, retire, rob, strip of office, strip of rank, superannuate, suspend, throw away, throw out, throw overboard, thrust out, toss out, transport, turn out, unchurch, unfrock, unhouse, unkennel, unsaddle, unseat, unthrone