Antonyms for ousted

Grammar : Verb

Spell : oust

Phonetic Transcription : aʊst

Definition of ousted

Origin : early 15c., from Anglo-French oster (late 13c.), Old French oster "remove, take away, take off; evict, dispel; liberate, release" (Modern French ôter), from Latin obstare "stand before, be opposite, stand opposite to, block," in Vulgar Latin, "hinder," from ob "against" (see ob-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Related: Ousted; ousting.

verb expel, get rid of

Example sentences :

But though her life was now crowded with new interests that first-comer was not ousted.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

If they're ousted from Pump Street they're flying somewhere.
Extract from : « The Napoleon of Notting Hill » by Gilbert K. Chesterton

At first there appeared to be no way by which the bear might be ousted from his secure quarters.
Extract from : « Bruin » by Mayne Reid

He would have nothing at the hands of the man who had ousted him.
Extract from : « The Watchers of the Plains » by Ridgewell Cullum

He had ousted the Scotch gardener and insinuated a relation of his own in his place.
Extract from : « The Ghost Girl » by H. De Vere Stacpoole

The shock of the real trouble had ousted the imaginary one for the moment.
Extract from : « The Beth Book » by Sarah Grand

After an extraordinary display of ostentation, Longchamp was ousted in his turn.
Extract from : « Windsor Castle » by William Harrison Ainsworth

Where heavy hand machines have come in they have ousted women.
Extract from : « Women in the Printing Trades. » by Various

There would be no salt left for him in the earth if he was ousted.
Extract from : « Ralph the Heir » by Anthony Trollope

The combined forces of the ousted Khalifas were the more numerous.
Extract from : « The River War » by Winston S. Churchill

Synonyms for ousted

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