Definition of: remove

(ri·mv′) v. ·moved, ·mov·ing v.t.
1. To take or move away or from one place to another.
2. To take off; doff, as a hat.
3. To get rid of; do away with: to remove abuses.
4. To kill; assassinate.
5. To displace or dismiss, as from office.
6. To take out; extract: with from.
—v.i.
7. To change one's place of residence or business; move.
8. Poetic To go away; depart. See synonyms under ABOLISH, ABSTRACT, ALLEVIATE, CANCEL, CARRY, CONVEY, DISPLACE, EXTERMINATE, SEPARATE.
—noun
1. A removal; a move; the act of removing, as one's business or belongings.
2. The space moved over in changing an object from one position to another; hence, a degree of difference; step; interval: He is only one remove from a fool.
3. Brit. A dish or course at dinner removed to give place to another.
4. Obs. A period of absence. [<OF remouvoir <L removere <re- again + movere move]
—re·mov′er noun