deseat

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English

Etymology

From de- +‎ seat.

Verb

deseat (third-person singular simple present deseats, present participle deseating, simple past and past participle deseated)

  1. (intransitive, transitive, rare) Synonym of unseat.
    • 1875, George Rawlinson, The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World; , volume 1, New York, N.Y.: Worthington Co., page 111:
      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.
    • 1943 April, Marjorie Holmes, World by the Tail, Toronto, O.N.,  : Bantam Books, published 1972, page 158:
      "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?"
    • 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:
      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.
    • 2015, Gillian Wills, Elvis and Me: How a World-Weary Musician and a Broken Racehorse Rescued Each Other, Sydney: Finch Publishing, →ISBN, page 156:
      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.
    • 2016, William Shatner, Jeff Rovin, Zero-G: A Novel, New York, N.Y.,  : Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 26:
      "Passengers, we are on final approach to the SS Empyrean. Please do not deseat."
    • 2023 February 20, Rana Yasif, “LHC bars by-polls on another 20 PTI MNAs' seats”, in The Express Tribune, archived from the original on 2023-03-25:
      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.