dē-moveō mōvī, mōtus, ēre,
to move away, put away, remove, expel, drive out: demoveri de loco: ex possessione rem p.: hostes gradu demoti, driven back, L.: vestri facti praeiudicio demotus, forced to yield, Cs.—Fig., to drive, repel, divert, turn away: a meis oculis tuos, T.: aliquem de verā sententiā: ab se sceleris suspicionem: te lucro, H.—To discharge, remove (from office): alqm praefecturā, Ta.: Centuriones, Ta.; see also dimoveo.