Definitions for: Oust

[v] remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"
[v] remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"

Webster (1913) Definition: Oust, n.
See Oast.

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.

Synonyms: boot out, drum out, expel, kick out, throw out

See Also: depose, excommunicate, force out, remove, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supplant

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