Remove
Definition of Remove
Re`move´ Pronunciation: r?-m??v´ | v. t. | 1. | To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building. | | 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. | | 3. | To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters. | | v. i. | 1. | 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. | | n. | 1. | The act of removing; a removal. | | 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. | | 3. | The state of being removed. | | 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 year. | | 6. | (Far.) The act of resetting a horse's shoe. |
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