Remove

Re`move´ Pronunciation: r?-m??v´

v. t.	1.	To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building. [imp. & p. p. Removed (-m??vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Removing.] 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.
v. i.	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.
n.	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.	(Far.) The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

Noun	1.	remove - degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";
Verb	1.	remove - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" Synonyms: take away, withdraw, take
	2.	remove - remove from a position or an office
	3.	remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" Synonyms: get rid of
	4.	remove - cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom" Synonyms: move out, take out
	5.	remove - shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court" Synonyms: transfer
	6.	remove - go away or leave; "He absented himself" Synonyms: absent
	7.	remove - kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" Synonyms: bump off, murder, slay, polish off, dispatch, hit
	8.	remove - get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins" Synonyms: take away

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