Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ousted"
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.
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