transitive. To pull out of the ground. Also figurative.

To do away with, put away, remove. Chiefly with immaterial object, esp. sin. Obsolete or archaic.

With immaterial object; = extirpate, v. 4.

To pull or dig out by the roots. Chiefly figurative and in figurative contexts: to remove, eradicate… transitive. Without construction.

To dispel by dispersion or minute diffusion (mist, clouds, etc.); to cause to disappear; to disperse or ‘discuss’ (humours, etc.).

To root out, eradicate (an immaterial thing, e.g. heresy, vice, etc.) Const. †out of, from.

transitive. To dispel or overcome (an abstract quality, state, or condition); to cure (a disease or disorder). Obsolete.

transitive. To find and get rid of (a pernicious or dangerous person or thing); to eradicate, destroy; to remove forcibly. Usually with out (also…

transitive. To dissipate; to remove, dispel, cause to disappear (vapours, humours, trouble, etc.).

transitive. To take (something) away, remove. Obsolete.

transitive. To dispel, allay, assuage (an emotion or feeling, as fear, curiosity, etc.).

transitive. To plough over. (In quot. 1596 figurative)