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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oust  \Oust\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Ousted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Ousting}.]  [OF.  oster,  F.  [^o]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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ousting 
  n  :  the  act  of  ejecting  someone  or  forcing  them  out  [syn:  {ouster}] 




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