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oust
  /aʊst/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [oust]
–verb (used with object)
1. to expel or remove from a place or position occupied: The bouncer ousted the drunk; to oust the Prime Minister in the next election.
2. Law. to eject or evict; dispossess.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < AF ouster to remove, OF oster < L obstāre to stand in the way, oppose (ob- ob- + stāre to stand )

Synonyms:
1. eject, banish, evict, dislodge.
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oust (oust)
tr.v. oust·ed, oust·ing, ousts

1. To eject from a position or place; force out: "the American Revolution, which ousted the English" (Virginia S. Eifert).
2. To take the place of, especially by force; supplant. See Synonyms at eject.


[Middle English ousten, from Anglo-Norman ouster, from Latin obstāre, to hinder; see obstacle.]
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Word Origin & History

oust
1420, from Anglo-Fr. oster (1292), from O.Fr. oster "put out, keep off, remove, avert" (Fr. ôter), from L. obstare "stand opposite to, block, hinder," from ob "against" + stare "to stand," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Ouster (n.) is first recorded 1531, noun use of Anglo-Fr. ouster.
Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001 Douglas Harper