Remove

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The state of being removed.

II. Remove ·noun The act of removing; a removal.

III. Remove ·noun The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

IV. Remove ·vt To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.

V. Remove ·noun That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.

VI. Remove ·vi 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.

VII. Remove ·vt To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to Displace; as, to remove a building.

VIII. Remove ·noun 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.

IX. Remove ·vt 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.

X. Remove ·noun 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.

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