verb (used with object)
- to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- to remove from political office by an elective process, by force, or by legal action: The corrupt mayor was finally unseated.
verb (tr)
- to throw or displace from a seat, saddle, etc
- to depose from office or position
v.1590s, “to throw down from a seat” (especially on horseback), from un- (2) + seat (v.). Meaning “to deprive of rank or office” is attested from 1610s; especially of elected office in a representative body from 1834. Related: Unseated; unseating.