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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Evict \E*vict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Evicted}; p. pr & vb n.
{Evicting}.] [L. evictus, p. p. of evincere to overcome
completely, evict. See {Evince}.]
1. (Law) 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
evict
v : expel from one's property; force to move out [syn: {force
out}]
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