Associations to the word «Unseat»

Wiktionary

UNSEAT, verb. To throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat.
UNSEAT, verb. Specifically, to deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election, or simply by defeating them in an election.

Dictionary definition

UNSEAT, verb. Remove from political office; "The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat".
UNSEAT, verb. Dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats