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Ousting   /ˈaʊstɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Oust  v. t.  (past & past part. ousted; pres. part. ousting)  
1.
To take away; to remove. "Multiplication of actions upon the case were rare, formerly, and thereby wager of law ousted."
2.
To eject; to expel; to turn out. "From mine own earldom foully ousted me."


noun
ousting  n.  The act of ejecting someone or forcing them out; ouster.
Synonyms: ouster.





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"Ousting" Quotes from Famous Books



... The author has told us, in the preceding chapter, of several attempts of English coast colonists to make transmontane settlements, quite apart from thought of ousting the French. Englishmen had no sooner landed in America than they attempted to cross the Western mountain barrier. Ralph Lane made the attempt in 1586, Christopher Newport and John Smith in 1606, and Newport himself ...
— Chronicles of Border Warfare • Alexander Scott Withers
... "wash me throughly from mine iniquity." Yes, and that not like the washing of the hands, but like the washing of clothes, not like the washing of a surface, but the removal of uncleanness from a fabric, the ousting of every germ lurking in the innermost cells of the stuff. When the Lord washes a soul it is "throughly" done, and every strand is ...
— My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year • John Henry Jowett
... stood, starched and stern, with growing indignation at the audacity of the stranger. Only the petrification of absolute astonishment, and wonder as to what would happen next, took her off her guard for the moment and prevented her from ousting the young lady from the premises instantly. There was also the magic name of the handsome young gentleman that had been used as password, and the very slight possibility that this might be some rich relative of the lovely young ...
— The Witness • Grace Livingston Hill Lutz
... no demur; he was glad to go. When he was out of the room, Ajax came and rubbed about his mistress as though claiming credit for ousting Mr. Fopling, of whom he was certain Bess thought as badly as ...
— The President - A novel • Alfred Henry Lewis
... with shame. How could he, even if he succeeded in ousting Dick and getting back his old self, how could he ever hold up his head ...
— Vice Versa - or A Lesson to Fathers • F. Anstey


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