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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Remove \Re*move"\ (r?-m??v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Removed}
(-m??vd"); p. pr & vb n. {Removing}.] [OF. removoir
remouvoir L. removere, remotum pref. re- re- + movere to
move See {Move}.]
1. To move away from the position occupied; to cause to
change place to displace; as to remove a building.
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark.
--Deut. xix.
14.
When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving
us I generally ordered the table to be removed.
--Goldsmith.
2. To cause to leave a person or thing to cause to cease to
be to take away hence to banish; to destroy; to put an
end to to kill; as to remove a disease. ``King Richard
thus removed.'' --Shak.
3. To dismiss or discharge from office; as the President
removed many postmasters.
Note: See the Note under {Remove}, v. i.
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