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remove(1)(dictionary)
remove(2)(dictionary)
remove 1, verb(dictionary)
remove 2, noun(dictionary)

remove(2) (iou)



remove verb. Also (earlier) remue, remoue. ME.
[Old French remeuv-, remov- stressed and unstressed stems respectively of removeir (mod. remouvoir) from Latin removere: see RE-, MOVE verb. Some early forms are indistinguishable from those from Old & mod. French remuer (from re- RE- + muer from Latin mutare change), whence the vars. rem(o)ue.]
I. verb trans.
Move away from the position occupied; lift or push aside; take off or out; take away or withdraw from a place, person, etc. (lit. & fig.); refl. go away. ME.
B. Pym She removed the half-finished page from the typewriter. A. Cohen He removed his hat gallantly and bowed slightly. P. Roazen She had had trouble with her gall bladder until it was removed. R. Fraser Branwell had to be removed from Haworth Grammar School because of a nervous breakdown. Sanity Decision by Defence Secretary..to remove commoners' rights at base.
b. Get rid of (a person); assassinate, kill. Now colloq. M17.
c. In pass. Of a dish or course in a meal: be followed by. M19.
Thackeray Boiled haddock, removed by hashed mutton.
d. Cricket. Of a bowler or ball: dismiss (a batsman). M20.
Move or transfer from one place to another; change the place or situation of; move; formal conduct the removal of (furniture etc.) as an occupation. ME.
J. Moxon Then removing the string the space of 15 degrees in the Quadrant. J. Marquand The young lady had better be removed at once to the safe place.
b. Move or stir (a part of the body). L15-L16.
c. Law. Transfer (a case, formerly also, a person) for trial from one court of law to another. obsolete exc. US. E16.
a. Send (a person) away; compel to leave a place; spec. in Scots Law, compel (a tenant) to leave. ME.
b. Dismiss (a person) from office; depose. ME.
c. Raise (a siege). ME-M17.
Relieve or free a person from (some (esp. bad) feeling, condition, etc.); eliminate. (Foll. by from.) LME.
P. Tillich One cannot remove anxiety by arguing it away.
b. Set aside (a feeling, thought, etc.). (Foll. by from.) LME-E18.
Dissuade (from). L15-M17.
II. verb intrans.
Orig., shift one's place or position. Later, go away, depart, (to); spec. (a) change one's place of residence; (b) Scots Law (of a tenant) leave a house or holding. Now formal. ME.
E. B. Browning I removed to our present residence just in time.
Of a thing: change place; move off or away; disappear. ME.
Move, stir; be in motion. ME-E17.
removement noun (arch.) the action of removing something; the fact of being removed; removal: M17.