evictionn.

Brit.

/ᵻˈvɪkʃn/, U.S.

/əˈvɪkʃən/,

/iˈvɪkʃən/

Forms:

α. late Middle English– eviction, 1500s–1600s euiction; also Scottish pre-1700 evictioun.

β. Scottish pre-1700 eveccione, pre-1700 evectioun.

γ. regional 1800s 'viction.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French eviction; Latin ēvictiōn-, ēvictiō.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French eviction (French éviction ) action of recovering something by legal process (late 13th cent. in Old French), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin ēvictiōn-, ēvictiō recovery at law in virtue of a superior title (in legal sources), in post-classical Latin also action of conquering, defeat (4th cent.) < ēvict- , past participial stem of ēvincere (see evict v.; compare evince v.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier evict v.Compare Italian evizione (1455 as eviccione ), and also Old Frisian evictie , ewictie action of reclaiming the ownership of land which had been sold. The β. forms show remodelling after classical Latin ēvect-, past participial stem of ēvehere to carry out (see evection n.); compare evection n. The γ. forms are aphetic.

†1. The action or an instance of recovering or taking possession of something, esp. property, or the title to property, by legal process, or by virtue of having a superior claim. Cf. evict v. 1. Obsolete.In quot. 1461-2 in the context of Edward IV’s assertion of his claim to the crown by force of arms.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > taking possession by legal process

eviction1461

recuperation1880

1461–2 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1461 §7. m. 2 It pleased Almyghty God to sende to you his grace of eviction, and the hande of victorie ayenst youre seid adversarie.

1559 in D. Littlejohn Rec. Sheriff Court Aberdeenshire (1904) I. 159 Thairon this inconvenient suld cum that..without evictioun or liquidatioun [men] mycht poynd at thair awin hand.

1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries ii. 5 b That reasonable satisfaction bee made..to the buyers and sellers of the Possessions and Rentes aforesaied, in respect of their euiction [Fr. euiction].

a1610 J. Healey in tr. Theophrastus Characters To Rdr., in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1616) He is lyable to make good the euiction, who selleth for another as he who, etc.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 114 The Title of the Foundation thereof, with the lands thereunto belonging, were..subject to eviction.

1727 W. Gordon Hist. Family Gordon II. 115 The Earl of Enzie intented another Action against Mackintosh, for the Eviction of some Lands he did hold of the Marquis of Huntly his Father.

1753 Scots Mag. Mar. 127/2 The eviction or destruction of a thing mortgaged, don't extinguish the debt.

1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. Eviction, A recovery of lands, &c. by form of law.

1843 R. Bell Cases House of Lords 1842 I. 826 The heir in possession might borrow and expose the lands to eviction.

1870 Cases Court of Session 3rd Ser. 8 506 The Magistrates undertake to warrant the lands from all grounds of eviction.

a. The action or an instance of expelling a person by legal precess from land, property, etc., occupied by him or her. Now esp. the action of expelling a tenant from his or her holding.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > removing from dwelling > [noun]

eviction1502

winkling1970

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > eviction > [noun]

eviction1502

ouster1531

removing1555

turning out1711

1502 in J. A. Clyde Acta Dominorum Concilii (1943) 165 The wrangus eveccione and furthputtin of the sade David..furth of his tak.

1590 W. West Συμβολαιογραϕία ii. §304. sig. CCviii At the time of such eiectment, euiction, or expulsion out of the premisses.

a1626 F. Bacon War with Spain in Wks. (1861) XIV. 473 The pretorian court will set back all things, and no respect had to eviction or dispossession.

1759 M. Bacon New Abridgm. Law IV. 367 If the Tenant be ousted by a Title Paramount, before the Day appointed for the Payment of the Rent, such Eviction intirely discharges the Tenant from the Payment of any Part of the Rent.

1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 360 A rent-charge is discharged by the eviction of the tenant out of the whole land.

1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. ii. vii. 237 Neither could the landlord gain much by resorting to eviction.

1884 D. Pae Eustace 69 I will get your father to order their eviction from the cottage.

1909 T. Johnston Our Scots Noble Families (1999) 80 From Tiree..details of horrible and dastardly evictions of blind men.

1967 Economist 24 June 1341/2 Evictions from the Old City of Jerusalem..seem to have been undertaken with scant thought for the victims.

2011 Times 30 July 58/2 A lot of private tenants..are too scared to complain about terrible conditions, for fear of eviction.

b. In extended use: the action of ejecting a person from any place or position.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > expulsion or driving out > specific people from a place, position, or possession

outputtinga1387

voidingc1435

ejectmentc1523

exposition1530

extrusion1540

ejection1566

expulse1567

Jack Drum1592

eviction1599

ousting1858

bounce1876

1599 in M. Wood & R. K. Hannay Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1927) V. 240 Mr. Hercules Rollok, sumtyme maister of thair grammer schole, hes mutit actioun before the lords..for alledget evectioun of him furth of the said office.

1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. App. 159 On the contrary the people have a right of perpetuall eviction.

1691 W. Lloyd Disc. God's Ways i. 67 An eviction by the just sentence of God, who thus put's him out of a Trust that he abused.

?1754 Mock Monarchs II. xviii. 272 The Principles of the Prince, clashing with the Constitution in Church and State, are a Cause of Eviction.

?1756 E. Bannac Apparition II. iii. 35 Recollecting, that she was but an Interloper in the Family, and..fearful of an Eviction from thence.

1858 S. F. Miller Bench & Bar of Georgia i. vi. 161 Mr. Duane deserves less pity for his eviction from office than any other man.

1973 H. Eulau & K. Prewitt Labyrinths of Democracy 254 It might be thought that office contesting is a more accurate indicator of competition for the council than is eviction from office.

2007 H. Nasheri in J. S. Albanese Combating Piracy v. 107 The eviction of cybersquatters who have taken over trademarks to which they have staked a claim in bad faith.

†3. The action of extorting or obtaining something by force. Cf. evict v. 4. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun]

extortionc1340

askingc1400

extort power1492

exactiona1513

bribing1533

extort1541

pollage?1542

bloodsucking1548

scaffery1555

eviction1560

wringing1589

wresting1611

screwing1680

squeezing1681

extortinga1711

wringing1730

over-pull1867

Rachmanism1963

Rachmanship1963

1560 Proclam. Elizabeth I Peace Fraunce & Scotl. 24 Mar. (single sheet) To enterpryse the euiction of the crowne of Scotlande, out of the power of the natural people of the lande.

1572 Treat. Treasons against Q. Elizabeth f. 14^v Any attempt made by the Q. of Scotland, litle or muche towards the euiction of that Croune out of your Q. posession, by stile, by title, by force, or by any other waie.

1606 R. Allen Doctr. Gospel ii. 335 That good testimonie, which they gaue concerning our Sauiour, after a sort constrainedly, and by forcible, or terrible euiction; ought to be yeelded of vs, most willingly and gladly.

†4. The action or process of eliciting or establishing by argument; demonstration, proof. Also: an instance or means of proving something; a piece of evidence. Cf. evict v. 5, evince v. 4. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun]

provinga1325

verifymenta1325

comprobation1390

proofc1390

demonstrationc1391

approbation1393

monstrancea1400

probatea1400

probation?a1450

document1459

demonstrance1481

remonstration1490

verification?1541

eviction1571

remonstrance1583

conviction1646

convincement1656

approof1881

1571 J. Bridges Serm. Paules Crosse 148 A certayn and infallible proofe, an euidente euiction of things, although they be not seene.

1601 A. Gil Treat. conc. Trinitie 5 Faith..is sayd to be..an euiction or proofe of things hoped for, though they bee not seene.

1623 W. Sclater Quæstion of Tythes Introd. sig. A Difficultie of euiction ariseth hence: first, that [etc.].

1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix (1713) 82 For further eviction, we may yet add, that [etc.].

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 875 That these two Circles should continue thus..is a farther Eviction of a Providence also.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables 114 A Plurality of Voices..carryes the Question in all our Debates, but rather as an Expedient for Peace than an Eviction of the Right.

1755 E. Young Centaur i. 22 It has ever been prejudicial to the truth, to labour at rational evictions of sacred mysteries.

1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric I. i. iv. 96 The sole and ultimate end of logic, is the eviction of truth.

1826 Christian Baptist (Va.) Oct. 55 Praying that your labors and zeal may increase in the eviction of truth and exposure of error.

1834 E. Greswell Expos. Parables III. 162 One part of the discourse..is directed to the eviction of the principle, the other, to the designation of its effects.

†5. The action or an instance of convicting an accused person. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > [noun]

condemnationc1384

damnationc1384

attainting1395

conviction1491

convict1567

eviction?1575

convincement1612

convincing1615

forjudging1651

convictment1887

?1575 Articles enquired Dioces of Winchester sig. C.ij^v Whether any of them incourage their clyentes to persist in euyll and wrongfull causes, or bargayne with them before hand for the gayne of any sute after the euiction.

1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist ii. viii. 105 The othe ex officio fighteth directly against Gods word: who requireth two or three witnesses vnto everie lawfull eviction and condemnation.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 62 All euictions there, as elsewhere, depend vpon witnesses.

1623 Bp. J. Hall Great Impostor 56 Wise men..whose wisdome is frequently imployed in the triall, euiction, dooming, of malefactors.

1658 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist. Life King Charles 200 This Lord the Son..elapsed into the like crime indeed, and suffered the same Trial and Eviction.

†6. The action of conquering a country, etc.; the action of obtaining a country, etc., by conquest. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > conquering or defeating

vanquishinga1325

conquestc1325

wainc1330

conqueringa1340

overcoming1340

conquest1384

expugnation1429

reduction1429

profligationc1475

debellation1526

defeating1536

conquessingc1550

conquesting1555

vanquishment1593

conquerment1597

eviction1602

reducement1609

debellatinga1626

debelling1651

triumphingc1850

lathering1865

1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 365 After the Euiction from the Scots of those Countries.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xx. 737/1 K. Henry..was not vnwilling, because..Britaine seemed clearely past possibilitie of euiction.

†7. The action or process of defeating a person in argument, or of confuting an opinion; an instance or a means of confutation; the condition of being confuted. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [noun]

gainsayingc1330

assoilinga1382

improvingc1443

unprovingc1449

lancing1470

redarguation?c1500

confutationa1530

redargution1529

reproof1529

confusion1530

disproof1531

reprehension1531

reproving1535

refutation?1536

improbation1556

refuting1563

disproving1587

conviction1593

infringement1593

refutal1599

gainsay1602

eviction1606

convincement1612

disproval1614

confutinga1617

improof1641

confutement1645

confute1646

refute1646

disprovement1662

reviction1677

invalidatinga1716

invalidation1771

rebutment1823

rebuttal1831

disconfirmation1937

1606 R. Allen Doctr. Gospel iii. 27 The euiction and ouerthrow of all contrarie heresies.

1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. II. iv. v. 166 He hath..counsels for al doubts, euictions for all errours.

1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. v. 270 Meere error makes not an heretick..eviction and contumacy must improve his error to be hereticall.

1651 T. Gataker in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 405 He grapled with..Rainolds..who had bin nibling..at the Preface to his eviction of Sanders his Demonstration.

1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser Pref. 22 Upon Eviction I shall freely yield.

Compounds

General attributive (in sense 2a), as eviction notice, eviction order, etc.

ΚΠ

1859 Limerick Reporter 11 Oct. 3/1 The murder of Crowe of Coogy continues, up to the present moment, involved in mystery, notwithstanding the eviction notices of the Earl of Derby.

1871 Ballarat (Victoria) Star 31 May The plaintiff..applied for, and obtained an eviction order at the police-court, but this order had subsequently been quashed.

1889 Daily News 8 May 5/7 An exciting eviction scene occurred to-day on the property of Lord Inchiquin.

1994 M. Walters Scold's Bridle (1995) 214 The only way the poor sod who owns it can get it back is to pay through the nose for an eviction order.

2014 N.Y. Mag. 22 Sept. 36/1 A 29-year-old webtrepreneur who was served with an eviction notice after a year of hosting Airbnb guests in his Greenpoint apartment.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	eviction
释义	evictionn. Brit. /ᵻˈvɪkʃn/, U.S. /əˈvɪkʃən/, /iˈvɪkʃən/ Forms: α. late Middle English– eviction, 1500s–1600s euiction; also Scottish pre-1700 evictioun. β. Scottish pre-1700 eveccione, pre-1700 evectioun. γ. regional 1800s 'viction. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French eviction; Latin ēvictiōn-, ēvictiō. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French eviction (French éviction ) action of recovering something by legal process (late 13th cent. in Old French), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin ēvictiōn-, ēvictiō recovery at law in virtue of a superior title (in legal sources), in post-classical Latin also action of conquering, defeat (4th cent.) < ēvict- , past participial stem of ēvincere (see evict v.; compare evince v.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier evict v.Compare Italian evizione (1455 as eviccione ), and also Old Frisian evictie , ewictie action of reclaiming the ownership of land which had been sold. The β. forms show remodelling after classical Latin ēvect-, past participial stem of ēvehere to carry out (see evection n.); compare evection n. The γ. forms are aphetic. †1. The action or an instance of recovering or taking possession of something, esp. property, or the title to property, by legal process, or by virtue of having a superior claim. Cf. evict v. 1. Obsolete.In quot. 1461-2 in the context of Edward IV’s assertion of his claim to the crown by force of arms. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > taking possession by legal process eviction1461 recuperation1880 1461–2 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1461 §7. m. 2 It pleased Almyghty God to sende to you his grace of eviction, and the hande of victorie ayenst youre seid adversarie. 1559 in D. Littlejohn Rec. Sheriff Court Aberdeenshire (1904) I. 159 Thairon this inconvenient suld cum that..without evictioun or liquidatioun [men] mycht poynd at thair awin hand. 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries ii. 5 b That reasonable satisfaction bee made..to the buyers and sellers of the Possessions and Rentes aforesaied, in respect of their euiction [Fr. euiction]. a1610 J. Healey in tr. Theophrastus Characters To Rdr., in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1616) He is lyable to make good the euiction, who selleth for another as he who, etc. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 114 The Title of the Foundation thereof, with the lands thereunto belonging, were..subject to eviction. 1727 W. Gordon Hist. Family Gordon II. 115 The Earl of Enzie intented another Action against Mackintosh, for the Eviction of some Lands he did hold of the Marquis of Huntly his Father. 1753 Scots Mag. Mar. 127/2 The eviction or destruction of a thing mortgaged, don't extinguish the debt. 1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. Eviction, A recovery of lands, &c. by form of law. 1843 R. Bell Cases House of Lords 1842 I. 826 The heir in possession might borrow and expose the lands to eviction. 1870 Cases Court of Session 3rd Ser. 8 506 The Magistrates undertake to warrant the lands from all grounds of eviction. 2. a. The action or an instance of expelling a person by legal precess from land, property, etc., occupied by him or her. Now esp. the action of expelling a tenant from his or her holding. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > removing from dwelling > [noun] eviction1502 winkling1970 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > eviction > [noun] eviction1502 ouster1531 removing1555 turning out1711 1502 in J. A. Clyde Acta Dominorum Concilii (1943) 165 The wrangus eveccione and furthputtin of the sade David..furth of his tak. 1590 W. West Συμβολαιογραϕία ii. §304. sig. CCviii At the time of such eiectment, euiction, or expulsion out of the premisses. a1626 F. Bacon War with Spain in Wks. (1861) XIV. 473 The pretorian court will set back all things, and no respect had to eviction or dispossession. 1759 M. Bacon New Abridgm. Law IV. 367 If the Tenant be ousted by a Title Paramount, before the Day appointed for the Payment of the Rent, such Eviction intirely discharges the Tenant from the Payment of any Part of the Rent. 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 360 A rent-charge is discharged by the eviction of the tenant out of the whole land. 1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. ii. vii. 237 Neither could the landlord gain much by resorting to eviction. 1884 D. Pae Eustace 69 I will get your father to order their eviction from the cottage. 1909 T. Johnston Our Scots Noble Families (1999) 80 From Tiree..details of horrible and dastardly evictions of blind men. 1967 Economist 24 June 1341/2 Evictions from the Old City of Jerusalem..seem to have been undertaken with scant thought for the victims. 2011 Times 30 July 58/2 A lot of private tenants..are too scared to complain about terrible conditions, for fear of eviction. b. In extended use: the action of ejecting a person from any place or position. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > expulsion or driving out > specific people from a place, position, or possession outputtinga1387 voidingc1435 ejectmentc1523 exposition1530 extrusion1540 ejection1566 expulse1567 Jack Drum1592 eviction1599 ousting1858 bounce1876 1599 in M. Wood & R. K. Hannay Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1927) V. 240 Mr. Hercules Rollok, sumtyme maister of thair grammer schole, hes mutit actioun before the lords..for alledget evectioun of him furth of the said office. 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. App. 159 On the contrary the people have a right of perpetuall eviction. 1691 W. Lloyd Disc. God's Ways i. 67 An eviction by the just sentence of God, who thus put's him out of a Trust that he abused. ?1754 Mock Monarchs II. xviii. 272 The Principles of the Prince, clashing with the Constitution in Church and State, are a Cause of Eviction. ?1756 E. Bannac Apparition II. iii. 35 Recollecting, that she was but an Interloper in the Family, and..fearful of an Eviction from thence. 1858 S. F. Miller Bench & Bar of Georgia i. vi. 161 Mr. Duane deserves less pity for his eviction from office than any other man. 1973 H. Eulau & K. Prewitt Labyrinths of Democracy 254 It might be thought that office contesting is a more accurate indicator of competition for the council than is eviction from office. 2007 H. Nasheri in J. S. Albanese Combating Piracy v. 107 The eviction of cybersquatters who have taken over trademarks to which they have staked a claim in bad faith. †3. The action of extorting or obtaining something by force. Cf. evict v. 4. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun] extortionc1340 askingc1400 extort power1492 exactiona1513 bribing1533 extort1541 pollage?1542 bloodsucking1548 scaffery1555 eviction1560 wringing1589 wresting1611 screwing1680 squeezing1681 extortinga1711 wringing1730 over-pull1867 Rachmanism1963 Rachmanship1963 1560 Proclam. Elizabeth I Peace Fraunce & Scotl. 24 Mar. (single sheet) To enterpryse the euiction of the crowne of Scotlande, out of the power of the natural people of the lande. 1572 Treat. Treasons against Q. Elizabeth f. 14^v Any attempt made by the Q. of Scotland, litle or muche towards the euiction of that Croune out of your Q. posession, by stile, by title, by force, or by any other waie. 1606 R. Allen Doctr. Gospel ii. 335 That good testimonie, which they gaue concerning our Sauiour, after a sort constrainedly, and by forcible, or terrible euiction; ought to be yeelded of vs, most willingly and gladly. †4. The action or process of eliciting or establishing by argument; demonstration, proof. Also: an instance or means of proving something; a piece of evidence. Cf. evict v. 5, evince v. 4. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] provinga1325 verifymenta1325 comprobation1390 proofc1390 demonstrationc1391 approbation1393 monstrancea1400 probatea1400 probation?a1450 document1459 demonstrance1481 remonstration1490 verification?1541 eviction1571 remonstrance1583 conviction1646 convincement1656 approof1881 1571 J. Bridges Serm. Paules Crosse 148 A certayn and infallible proofe, an euidente euiction of things, although they be not seene. 1601 A. Gil Treat. conc. Trinitie 5 Faith..is sayd to be..an euiction or proofe of things hoped for, though they bee not seene. 1623 W. Sclater Quæstion of Tythes Introd. sig. A Difficultie of euiction ariseth hence: first, that [etc.]. 1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix (1713) 82 For further eviction, we may yet add, that [etc.]. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 875 That these two Circles should continue thus..is a farther Eviction of a Providence also. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables 114 A Plurality of Voices..carryes the Question in all our Debates, but rather as an Expedient for Peace than an Eviction of the Right. 1755 E. Young Centaur i. 22 It has ever been prejudicial to the truth, to labour at rational evictions of sacred mysteries. 1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric I. i. iv. 96 The sole and ultimate end of logic, is the eviction of truth. 1826 Christian Baptist (Va.) Oct. 55 Praying that your labors and zeal may increase in the eviction of truth and exposure of error. 1834 E. Greswell Expos. Parables III. 162 One part of the discourse..is directed to the eviction of the principle, the other, to the designation of its effects. †5. The action or an instance of convicting an accused person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > [noun] condemnationc1384 damnationc1384 attainting1395 conviction1491 convict1567 eviction?1575 convincement1612 convincing1615 forjudging1651 convictment1887 ?1575 Articles enquired Dioces of Winchester sig. C.ij^v Whether any of them incourage their clyentes to persist in euyll and wrongfull causes, or bargayne with them before hand for the gayne of any sute after the euiction. 1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist ii. viii. 105 The othe ex officio fighteth directly against Gods word: who requireth two or three witnesses vnto everie lawfull eviction and condemnation. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 62 All euictions there, as elsewhere, depend vpon witnesses. 1623 Bp. J. Hall Great Impostor 56 Wise men..whose wisdome is frequently imployed in the triall, euiction, dooming, of malefactors. 1658 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist. Life King Charles 200 This Lord the Son..elapsed into the like crime indeed, and suffered the same Trial and Eviction. †6. The action of conquering a country, etc.; the action of obtaining a country, etc., by conquest. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > conquering or defeating vanquishinga1325 conquestc1325 wainc1330 conqueringa1340 overcoming1340 conquest1384 expugnation1429 reduction1429 profligationc1475 debellation1526 defeating1536 conquessingc1550 conquesting1555 vanquishment1593 conquerment1597 eviction1602 reducement1609 debellatinga1626 debelling1651 triumphingc1850 lathering1865 1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 365 After the Euiction from the Scots of those Countries. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xx. 737/1 K. Henry..was not vnwilling, because..Britaine seemed clearely past possibilitie of euiction. †7. The action or process of defeating a person in argument, or of confuting an opinion; an instance or a means of confutation; the condition of being confuted. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [noun] gainsayingc1330 assoilinga1382 improvingc1443 unprovingc1449 lancing1470 redarguation?c1500 confutationa1530 redargution1529 reproof1529 confusion1530 disproof1531 reprehension1531 reproving1535 refutation?1536 improbation1556 refuting1563 disproving1587 conviction1593 infringement1593 refutal1599 gainsay1602 eviction1606 convincement1612 disproval1614 confutinga1617 improof1641 confutement1645 confute1646 refute1646 disprovement1662 reviction1677 invalidatinga1716 invalidation1771 rebutment1823 rebuttal1831 disconfirmation1937 1606 R. Allen Doctr. Gospel iii. 27 The euiction and ouerthrow of all contrarie heresies. 1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. II. iv. v. 166 He hath..counsels for al doubts, euictions for all errours. 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. v. 270 Meere error makes not an heretick..eviction and contumacy must improve his error to be hereticall. 1651 T. Gataker in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 405 He grapled with..Rainolds..who had bin nibling..at the Preface to his eviction of Sanders his Demonstration. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser Pref. 22 Upon Eviction I shall freely yield. Compounds General attributive (in sense 2a), as eviction notice, eviction order, etc. ΚΠ 1859 Limerick Reporter 11 Oct. 3/1 The murder of Crowe of Coogy continues, up to the present moment, involved in mystery, notwithstanding the eviction notices of the Earl of Derby. 1871 Ballarat (Victoria) Star 31 May The plaintiff..applied for, and obtained an eviction order at the police-court, but this order had subsequently been quashed. 1889 Daily News 8 May 5/7 An exciting eviction scene occurred to-day on the property of Lord Inchiquin. 1994 M. Walters Scold's Bridle (1995) 214 The only way the poor sod who owns it can get it back is to pay through the nose for an eviction order. 2014 N.Y. Mag. 22 Sept. 36/1 A 29-year-old webtrepreneur who was served with an eviction notice after a year of hosting Airbnb guests in his Greenpoint apartment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1461
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