What does "oust" mean?
Oust: To take away; to remove. Multiplication of actions upon the case were rare, formerly, and thereby wager of law ousted. Sir M. Hale.
Additional senses
- 2.To eject; to turn out. Blackstone. From mine own earldom foully ousted me. Tennyson.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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