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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oust \Oust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ousted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Ousting}.] [OF. oster, F. [93]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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