evict, force out
(verb) expel from one’s property or force to move out by a legal process; “The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months”
evict
(verb) expel or eject without recourse to legal process; “The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m.”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
evict (third-person singular simple present evicts, present participle evicting, simple past and past participle evicted)
(transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
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Source: Wiktionary
E*vict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Evicting.] Etym: [L. evictus, p. p. of evincere to overcome completely, evict. See Evince.]
1. (Law)
Definition: To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust. The law of England would speedily evict them out of their possession. Sir. J. Davies.
2. To evince; to prove. [Obs.] Cheyne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 April 2024
(adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
