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erited from his parents a scrofulous taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to remove. Macaulay.

To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two from four.

To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home. The hand of fate Hath torn thee from me. Addison.

something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything. [Obs.] Thus made she her remove, And left wrath tiring on her son. Chapman. Upon that were my thoughts tiring. Shak.

A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a country court. Cowell.

To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion.

To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to transfer; as, to translate a tree. [Archaic] Dryden. In the chapel of St. Catharine of Sienna, they show her head- the rest of her body being translated to Rome. Evelyn.

translating, removing, or transferring; removal; also, the state of being translated or removed; as, the translation of Enoch; the translation of a bishop.

, or bills of exchange, from one country to another. The ancientest fathers must be next removed, as Clement of Alexandria, and that Eusebian book of evangelic preparation, transmitting our ears through a hoard of heathenish obscenities to receive the gospel. Milton. The scepter of that kingdom continued to be transmit…

To remove across some space; to put in an opposite or another place. [R.] It [an obelisk] was transplaced . . . from the left side of the Vatican into a more eminent place. Bp. Wilkins.

To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees. Dryden.

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops. Hakluyt.

To perforate (the skull) with a trepan, so as to remove a portion of the bone, and thus relieve the brain from pressure or irritation; to perform an operation with the trepan.

ous subjects; to turn off a joke. (d) To accomplish; to perform, as work. (e) (Mech.) To remove, as a surface, by the process of turning; to reduce in size by turning. (f) To shut off, as a fluid, by means of a valve, stopcock, or other device; to stop the passage of; as, to turn off the water or the gas. -- To turn o…

To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob. [Obs.] The life out of her body for to twin. Chaucer.

To remove a bank from; to open by, or as if by, the removal of a bank. H. Taylor.

To remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; to open; as, to unbar a gate. Heber.

To remove or release from a barrel or barrels.

To remove or loose the bearing rein of (a horse).

To remove or loose the belt of; to ungird.