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  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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