oust Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb remove from a position or office
    expel; boot out; drum out; throw out; kick out.
    • The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds
  2. verb remove and replace
    • The word processor has ousted the typewriter

WordNet

Oust noun
Definitions
  1. See Oast.
Oust transitive verb
Etymology
OF. oster, F. ôter, prob. fr. L. obstare to oppose, hence, to forbid, take away. See Obstacle, and cf. Ouster.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Ousted; present participle & verbal noun Ousting
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913