Removing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Remove \Re*move"\ (r?-m??v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Removed}
     (-m??vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Removing}.] [OF. removoir,
     remouvoir, L. removere, remotum; pref. re- re- + movere to
     move. See {Move}.]
     1. To move away from the position occupied; to cause to
        change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.


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              Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark.
                                                    --Deut. xix.
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              When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving
              us, I generally ordered the table to be removed.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
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     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. "King Richard
        thus removed." --Shak.
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     3. To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President
        removed many postmasters.
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     Note: See the Note under {Remove}, v. i.
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