OUSTED
Verb
ousted
simple past tense and past participle of oust
Anagrams
• toused, used to
Source: Wiktionary
OUST
Oust, n.
Definition: See Oast.
Oust, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ousted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ousting.] Etym: [OF. oster, F. Ć“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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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