Meaning

(transitive) To dislodge or remove (someone) from a seat, especially on horseback..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To dislodge or remove (someone) from a seat, especially on horseback.
2. To remove (someone) from an office or position, especially a political one; to dethrone.
3. To cause (something) to be removed or replaced in its role; to displace, to overturn.
4. To upset the composure of (someone); to astound, to shock, to unsettle.
5. (intransitive, technical) To come off or out of a seat.

Example Sentences

The frightened horse reared up and unseated its rider.

I was unseated from my bike after hitting an unexpected pothole.

VVhom boldly I encountred (as I could) / And by good fortune ſhortly him vnſeated. / Eftſoones out ſprung two more of equall mould; / But I them both with equall hap defeated: […]

But Conſtantine [the Great] […] diſplaced and unſeated this huge maſſe [an obelisk], yea, and thinking truly, that it vvas no breach nor offence of religion, if taking this admirable monument out of one temple, he conſecrated it in Rome, that is to ſay, the temple of the vvhole vvorld, ſuffered it to lye a long time, vvhiles neceſſarie meanes for the tranſlation thereof vvere a providing.

His horſe, as he had caught he maſter's mood, / Snorting, and ſtarting into ſudden rage, / Unbidden, and not novv to be controul'd, / Rusſh'd to the cliff, and having reach'd it, ſtood / At once the shock unſeated him.

He had another formidable difficulty in getting him across the river, where both horses stuck for a time in the mire, and Beatte was nearly unseated from his saddle by the force of the current and the struggles of his captive.

They nearly unseated me from the suddenness of the attack, and as I recovered I certainly struck at them with my whip.

Gray screamed and shuddered, rearing and turning as the ground opened in front of us. It unseated me, and I fell, my boots sliding out of the stirrups as if they were greased.

Word Forms

• unseats
• unseating
• unseated

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Use unseat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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