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oust (o̵ust)

transitive verb

to force or drive out; expel, dispossess, eject, etc.

Etymology: Anglo-Fr ouster < OFr (Fr ôter) < L ostare, to obstruct < ob-, against (see ob-) + stare, to stand

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