Ousting

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  ousting \ousting\ n.
     the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out; ouster.
  
     Syn: ouster.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Multiplication of actions upon the case were rare,
              formerly, and thereby wager of law ousted. --Sir M.
                                                    Hale.
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     2. To eject; to expel; to turn out. --Blackstone.
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              From mine own earldom foully ousted me. --Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ousting
       n : the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out [syn: {ouster}]