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Oust

The Oust (French pronunciation: ​[ust]; Breton: Oud) is a river in Brittany, France, right tributary of the Vilaine. It is 145 km (90 mi) long.

Supplant

To take the place of or substitute for (another)
Computers have largely supplanted typewriters.

Oust

To eject from a position or place; force out
"the American Revolution, which ousted the English" (Virginia S. Eifert).

Supplant

To usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics
In the Bible, Jacob supplants his older brother Esau.

Oust

(Law) To effect an ouster of (a party) from a property.

Supplant

(transitive) To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?
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Oust

(transitive) To expel; to remove.
The protesters became so noisy that they were finally ousted from the meeting.
The CEO was ousted by the board of directors.

Supplant

To uproot, to remove violently.

Oust

See Oast.

Supplant

To trip up.

Oust

To take away; to remove.
Multiplication of actions upon the case were rare, formerly, and thereby wager of law ousted.

Supplant

To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince.
Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend.
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Oust

To eject; to expel; to turn out.
From mine own earldom foully ousted me.

Supplant

To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of.
You never will supplant the received ideas of God.

Oust

Remove from a position or office;
The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds

Supplant

Take the place or move into the position of;
Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left
The computer has supplanted the slide rule
Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school

Oust

Remove and replace;
The word processor has ousted the typewriter

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