ē-luō uī, ūtus, ere,
to wash off, cleanse by washing: corpus, O.—To wash away, remove by washing: macula elui non potest: ut sanguis eluatur. —Fig., to wash away, remove, blot out, get rid of: libidinem sanguine: eluitur scelus, V.: amicitiae remissione usūs eluendae: amara curarum, H.