unseatv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːt/, U.S. /ˌənˈsit/ 1. transitive. To dislodge from a seat (esp. on horseback).
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > keep one's seat on (a horse) > unseat, throw (the rider)
casta1300
unhorse1390
throwa1425
unsaddlea1470
unseat1596
dismounta1616
fall1688
to funk (a person) off1821
unship1831
dishorse1859
to buck off1881
shift1891
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > from a seat
disbencha1616
unseat1845
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. x. sig. I7 Whom boldly I encountred..And by good fortune shortly him vnseated . View more context for this quotation
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 553 His horse..Rush'd to the cliff, and..stood. At once the shock unseated him.
1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies 177 Beatte was nearly unseated from his saddle.
1845 J. Coulter Adventures Pacific xvi. 247 The boat plunged down..with so violent a shock, that nearly all were unseated.
1895 W. C. Scully Kafir Stories 170 My horse..wheeled sharply to the right, completely unseating me.
2.
a. To dislodge from some place or position; to deprive of rank or office.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)]
stira1000
unsheathec1374
removea1398
shifta1400
disroom1489
supplant1534
unplacec1550
displace1552
unperch1578
dislodge1579
unsiege1594
disnest1596
unroost1598
unset1602
unseat1611
dis-element1612
dishabita1616
dislocate1623
disroota1625
disseata1625
rede1638
discardinate1648
disturb1664
disblock1665
start1676
uproot1695
disrest1696
disconcert1744
disannul1794
deplace1839
delocalize1855
disembed1885
disniche1889
society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)]
outOE
deposec1300
remuec1325
to put out1344
to set downc1369
deprivec1374
outputa1382
removea1382
to throw outa1382
to put downc1384
privea1387
to set adowna1387
to put out of ——?a1400
amovec1425
disappoint1434
unmakec1475
dismiss1477
dispoint1483
voidc1503
to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546
relieve1549
cass1550
displace1553
unauthorize1554
to wring out1560
seclude1572
eject1576
dispost1577
decass1579
overboard1585
cast1587
sequester1587
to put to grass1589
cashier1592
discompose1599
abdicate1610
unseat1611
dismount1612
disoffice1627
to take off1642
unchair1645
destitute1653
lift1659
resign1674
quietus1688
superannuate1692
derange1796
shelve1812
shelf1819
Stellenbosch1900
defenestrate1917
axe1922
retire1961
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. Summary Concl. sig. Pppppp2v/1 In Germany by intrusion they vnseated the Sueuians.
1661 J. Davies Civil Warres 371 [They] resolved next morning to unseat the Parliament once more.
1826 T. Hood Recipe for Civilization 89 Whereas a cook would soon unseat him [sc. Apis], And make his own churchwardens eat him.
1858 R. W. Emerson Eloquence in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 390/2 A greater power of carrying the thing loftily, and with perfect assurance,..might..unseat any sovereign, and abrogate any constitution in Europe and America.
1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion iii. vi. 135 The Gods of races I unseat, as Time or Tyranny of old Unseated them.
b. spec. To deprive of, or depose from, a seat in Parliament or other representative body.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] > remove from seat in representative body
unseat1834
1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 541/1 Had one third of the exceptions held good, it was clear the Governor must be unseated.
1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life xxx. 294 The first case..was speedily disposed of by unseating the member.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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