ab-lēgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
to send off or away , to remove : aliquem foras, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 55; so id. Cas. prol. 62: aliquo mihi est hinc ablegandus, Ter. Hec. 414: pecus a prato, Varr. R. R. 1, 47: honestos homines, keep at a distance , Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32: consilium, id. ib. 2, 2, 30: and in the pun, haec legatio a fratris adveutu me ablegat , this embassy sends me away from , i. e. prevents me from being present at , his arrival , id. Att. 2, 18, 3: magna pars ablegati, Liv. 7, 39.—With sup. : pueros venatum, Liv. 1, 35, 2.—As a euphemism for in exsilium mittere, to banish , Just. 1, 5; Cod. Th. 16, 5, 57.