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Webster 1913 Edition
Remove
Re-move′
(r?-m??v′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Removed
(-m??vd′)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Removing
.] 1.
To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace;
as, to
. remove
a buildingThou 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;
“King Richard thus removed.” as, to
. remove
a diseaseShak.
3.
To dismiss or discharge from office;
as, the President
. removed
many postmasters☞ See the Note under
Remove
, Verb.
I.
Re-move′
(r?-m??v′)
, Verb.
I.
To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or go from one residence, position, or place to another.
Till Birnam wood
I can not taint with fear.
remove
to Dunsinane,I can not taint with fear.
Shakespeare
☞ The verb remove, in some of its application, is synonymous with move, but not in all. Thus we do not apply remove to a mere change of posture, without a change of place or the seat of a thing. A man moves his head when he turns it, or his finger when he bends it, but he does not remove it. Remove usually or always denotes a change of place in a body, but we never apply it to a regular, continued course or motion. We never say the wind or water, or a ship, removes at a certain rate by the hour; but we say a ship was removed from one place in a harbor to another. Move is a generic term, including the sense of remove, which is more generally applied to a change from one station or permanent position, stand, or seat, to another station.
Re-move′
,Noun.
1.
The act of removing; a removal.
This place should be at once both school and university, not needing a
remove
to any other house of scholarship. Milton.
And drags at each
remove
a lengthening chain. Goldsmith.
2.
The transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; – in the United States usually called a move.
It is an English proverb that three
removes
are as bad as a fire. J. H. Newman.
3.
The state of being removed.
Locke.
4.
That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.
5.
The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school;
as, the boy went up two
. removes
last yearA freeholder is but one
remove
from a legislator. Addison.
6.
(Far.)
The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
Swift.
Webster 1828 Edition
Remove
REMOVE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To cause to change place; to put from its place in any manner; as, to remove a building.Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark. Deut. 19.
2.
To displace from an office.3.
To take or put away in any manner; to cause to leave a person or thing; to banish or destroy; as, to remove a disease or complaint.Remove sorrow from thine heart. Eccles. 11.
4.
To carry from one court to another; as, to remove a cause or suit by appeal.5.
To take from the present state of being; as, to remove one by death.REMOVE
, v.i.1.
To change place in any manner.2.
To go from one place to another.3.
To change the place of residence; as, to remove from New York to Philadelphia.REMOVE
,Noun.
1.
Change of place.2.
Translation of one to the place of another.3.
State of being removed.4.
Act of moving a man in chess or other game.5.
Departure; a going away.6.
The act of changing place; removal.7.
A step in any scale of gradation.A freeholder is but one remove from a legislator.
8.
Any indefinite distance; as a small or great remove.9.
The act of putting a horse's shoes on different feet.10.
A dish to be changed while the rest of the course remains.11.
Susceptibility of being removed. [Not in use.]