unseat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To dislodge or remove (someone) from a seat, especially on horseback.
To remove (someone) from an office or position, especially a political one; to dethrone.
To cause (something) to be removed or replaced in its role; to displace, to overturn.
To upset the composure of (someone); to astound, to shock, to unsettle.
To come off or out of a seat.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːt/ /ˌʌnˈsit/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unseat.wav

unseat unseats unseating unseated

From un- (suffix meaning ‘not’) + seat (“to provide with a place to sit”).

deseat depose oust overthrow supersede supplant

appoint enthrone empower install confirm preserve

beseat reseat

unseatable unseated unseater unseating

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