disseat

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

dis- +‎ seat

Verb[edit]

disseat (third-person singular simple present disseats, present participle disseating, simple past and past participle disseated)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To unseat.
    • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
      When I behold—Seyton, I say!—This push
      Will cheer me ever, or disseat me now.

References[edit]

disseat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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