Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-MOVE', v.t. [L. removeo; re and moveo, to move; Fr. remuer; It. rimuovere; Sp. remover.]

1. To cause to change place; to put from its place in any manner; as, to remove a building. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark. – Deut. xix.
2. To displace from an office.
3. To take or put away in any manner; to cause to leave a person or thing; to banish or destroy; as, to remove a disease or complaint. Remove sorrow from thine heart. – Eccles. xi.
4. To carry from one court to another; as, to remove a cause or suit by appeal.
5. To take from the present state of being; as, to remove one by death.