sevoco

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

sē-vocō āvī, ātus, are,

to call apart, lead aside, summon away, withdraw: sevocare singulos hortarique coepit, Cs.: hunc, O.: plebes in Aventinum sevocanda: populum, call a meeting of the people out of the city, L.—Fig., to call off, separate, withdraw, remove: a negotio omni animum: mentem a sensibus.