unseat

English

Etymology

un- + seat

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

unseat (third-person singular simple present unseats, present participle unseating, simple past and past participle unseated)

  1. To throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat.
    The frightened horse reared up and unseated its rider.
  2. To deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election, or simply by defeating them in an election.

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