Remove — Defs

01 v. t. To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

imp. & p. p. Removed; p. pr. & vb. n. Removing

1.
To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.
“Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark.” — Deut. xix. 14.

“When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving us, I generally ordered the table to be removed.” — Goldsmith.
2.
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.
3.
To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.

02 v. i. 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.

1.
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.
“Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane, I can not taint with fear.” — Shak.

03 n. The act of removing; a removal.

1.
The act of removing; a removal.
“This place should be at once both school and university, not needing a remove to any other house of scholarship.” — Milton.

“And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.” — Goldsmith.
2.
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.
“It is an English proverb that three removes are as bad as a fire.” — J. H. Newman.
3.
The state of being removed.
4.
That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.
5.
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.
“A freeholder is but one remove from a legislator.” — Addison.
6.
The act of resetting a horse's shoe.(Far.)