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removing |
1 definition found 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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