evict - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'evict' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Evict

[ v. t.]

- To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.
- To evince; to prove.

1 . evict

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process

Example in sentence:

The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months

Meaning (2):
- expel or eject without recourse to legal process

Example in sentence:

The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m.

evibrate evicted evicting eviction evidence evidenced evidencer evidencing evident evidential

Dictionary.com Google Translator Wikipedia.com Merriam Webster

Categories