Dictionary

deseat en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + seat.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, rare, transitive) Synonym of unseat.
   • Fran stepped out of the way and let the rope drop as he arched his back, lowered his head and pig rooted with a sharp twist to the left and the right, intent on deseating a phantom rider. 2015, Gillian Wills, Elvis and Me: How a World-Weary Musician and a Broken Racehorse Rescued Each Other, Sydney: Finch Publishing, →ISBN, page 156:
   • "Senator Parris!" John scoffed. "Well ain't we political, though?" / "Yeah, Pop," Ramey asked, stabbing a chunk of steak, "didn't he get deseated or dismembered or something?" 1943 April, Marjorie Holmes, World by the Tail, Toronto, O.N.; […]: Bantam Books, published 1972, page 158:
   • After hearing the arguments, the LHC suspended the two notifications deseating the 20 MNAs and restrained the ECP from holding by-elections in those constituencies. 2023 February 20, Rana Yasif, “LHC bars by-polls on another 20 PTI MNAs' seats”, in The Express Tribune, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2023:
   • "Passengers, we are on final approach to the SS Empyrean. Please do not deseat." 2016, William Shatner, Jeff Rovin, Zero-G: A Novel, New York, N.Y.; […]: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 26:
   • Hereupon Asshur-upallit takes up arms, invades Babylonia, deseats and kills Nazi-bugas, and places upon the throne a brother of the murdered Kara-khar-das, a younger son of Purna-puriyas, by name Kurri-galzu, or Durri-galzu. 1875, George Rawlinson, The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World; […], volume 1, New York, N.Y.: Worthington Co., page 111:
   • This activates the senior flight attendant, who explains that, since the plane has not yet reached the gate for "deplaning," the time is not yet ripe for deseating. 2005, Ralph Caplan, By Design: Why There Are No Locks on the Bathroom Doors in the Hotel Louis XIV and Other Object Lessons, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Fairchild Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 95:

Forms

Synonyms

unseat