† remuen.
Obsolete. rare.
A change of position or posture; a movement.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > [noun]
forthgangc900
racea1400
processa1450
remuea1450
profectiona1538
procession1585
advance1593
nod1597
progressa1599
riddance1598
run1626
advancement1637
incession1651
progression1651–3
march1683
progrediency1701
waygate1825
a1450 (c1435) J. Lydgate Life SS. Edmund & Fremund (Harl.) 1217 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 434 (MED) He dyde the theuys bynde Tyl on the morwe the peeple dyde hem fynde; Stood stylle as ston..Fro ther werk myhte no remews make.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
† remuev.
α. early Middle English reume (transmission error), Middle English remo, Middle English remu, Middle English remue, Middle English remui, Middle English remuy, Middle English remuye, Middle English remwe, Middle English–1500s remue; Scottish pre-1700 ramoye, pre-1700 ramue, pre-1700 ramwe, pre-1700 remwe, pre-1700 reomve.
β. Middle English remewe, Middle English remiew, Middle English remou, Middle English remow, Middle English remowe, Middle English remuwe, Middle English remuwy, Middle English renoue (transmission error), Middle English–1500s remeue, Middle English–1600s remew.
Obsolete.
1.
a. transitive. To send, drive, or take (a person) away; to cause to go or leave.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > to a distance
fersec1000
remuec1300
aloyna1325
proloynec1425
prolong1440
purloin1461
along1502
c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) 1115 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 38 (MED) Bote þou reume [read remue] heonnes Jhesu, We schulle a wei driue eou i fere.
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 11455 (MED) Þis tueie erles acorded were þere Þat iremewed [v.r. yremuwed] al clene þe frenssemen were.
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 11016 (MED) Þe king her to hii drowe To remue þe frensse men to libbe bi ȝonde se.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 1673 (MED) Þou [sc. Nebuchadnezzar], remued fro monnes sunes, on mor most abide.
1543–4 Breadalbane Coll. Documents & Lett. (Edinb. Reg. House) No. 60 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) [Gif] ony of thame be ramwit or output of the saidis landis be the said Jhone.
b. transitive. To force (a person) to relinquish a state of rest, a condition of well-being, etc. Usually with from, of. Also in extended use.
ΚΠ
?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) ii. pr. vi. l. 1394 Mayst þou remuen [v.rr. remuwen, remwen; L. amouebis] fro þe estat of hys propre reste a þouȝt þat is cleuyng to gider in hym self by stedfast resoun.
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 1872 Fortune..can make a man from his welfare..Whan he lest weneth for to be remewed.
c1460 (a1425) Metrical Paraphr. Old Test. (Longleat) l. 17641 (MED) Remwed [c1450 Selden þus of þer rest þei were remeued, þer ryche robes all rafed and rent].
2. transitive. To change the place or position of; to move.In quot. a1325: to pick up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)]
remuea1325
movea1382
translatea1382
transfer1382
transfigurec1384
removea1387
to turn overa1425
transume1483
to carry about1496
traduce1546
transplant1555
transact1621
transmigrate1635
hand1642
to make over1713
recover1719
to carry over1850
a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) 2349 (MED) Addren hi remuede whanne hi hadde power.
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 5522 (MED) Remwe [v.r. remuwe] in to anoþer stude þi pauilon.
c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 624 Lete him be stille, Neuer more remoun him y nille..He sent me bode..To biri him in þis hermitage.
c1392 Equatorie of Planetis 32 (MED) Fixe thanne wt thy nedle the commune centre..& remew nat thy nedle.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Squire's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) 181 The hors of bras þt may nat be remewed [v.r. remoued] It stant as it were to the ground yglewed.
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) ii. 280 (MED) Sette ek noon almaundes but grete and newe, And hem is best in ffeueryeer remewe.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 74 (MED) My lord gyffis leyf thi meneye to remeue [rhyme trew].
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xliii. sig. Hvi The brase..was so sore bounde with crampons of stele to ye benche that he coude not remeue it.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xiii. lxx. 248 That faith wherewith he could remew The stedfast hils.
3.
a. transitive. To remove, take away.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away
ateec885
withbreidec890
animOE
overbearOE
to do awayOE
flitc1175
reavec1175
takec1175
to have away?a1300
to draw awayc1300
weve13..
to wend awaya1325
withdrawa1325
remuec1325
to carry away1363
to take away1372
waive1377
to long awaya1382
oftakec1390
to draw offa1398
to do froa1400
forflitc1420
amove?a1425
to carry out?a1425
surtrayc1440
surtretec1440
twistc1440
abstract1449
ostea1450
remove1459
ablatea1475
araisea1475
redd1479
dismove1480
diminish?1504
convey1530
alienate1534
retire1536
dimove1540
reversec1540
subtractc1540
submove1542
sublate1548
pare1549
to pull in1549
exempt1553
to shift off1567
retract?1570
renversec1586
aufer1587
to lay offa1593
rear1596
retrench1596
unhearse1596
exemea1600
remote1600
to set off1600
subduct1614
rob1627
extraneize1653
to bring off1656
to pull back1656
draft1742
extract1804
reef1901
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 11613 Bruggen hii breke oueral, hii ne bileuede ssip non..þat hii ne remuede echon.
c1350 Apocalypse St. John: A Version (Harl. 874) (1961) 12 (MED) I shal..remewe [v.r. renoue] þee & þi Candelstik out of his stede.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 986/99* Who sal vus helpe to remou þat heuy stone?
a1450 (?c1400) Three Kings Cologne (Royal) (1886) 125 (MED) Þe iii Maries..siȝe þe stone remowed fro þe toumbe.
a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 93 By right..All..neghys negh þat þat ys remued of farre [a1500 Ashm. thynges remote; L. remotum].
b. transitive. To remove, shift. rare.
ΚΠ
c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) l. 2458 Þemperour had wonder of þis, And let remue his bed.
c. transitive. To get rid of or clear away completely (something harmful or corrupting). Also with away.
ΚΠ
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 604 (MED) The drunkeschipe of love aweie I mai remue be no weie.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 4200 (MED) Pite..with justice, Thei tuo remuen alle vice.
?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 146 (MED) Remewe oþer do aweie þe fleische þat is superflue.
a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 4446 (MED) I remewe..The fylthe of euery maner synne, Caste hem out & spare nouht.
d. transitive. To raise (a siege). rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > besiege or blockade [verb (transitive)] > abandon (siege) > raise (siege)
removea1387
remue?a1400
raise1490
to take up1490
araisea1500
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 9058 Þe kyng þe sege wild remue [rhyme rescue; a1450 Lamb. remewe].
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 100 (MED) Þe sege þei wend remue.
4. transitive. To remove (a person) from a position or office; to dismiss. Also in extended use.In quot. c1325: to banish (a person) from court.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)]
outOE
deposec1300
remuec1325
to put out1344
to set downc1369
deprivec1374
outputa1382
removea1382
to throw outa1382
to put downc1384
privea1387
to set adowna1387
to put out of ——?a1400
amovec1425
disappoint1434
unmakec1475
dismiss1477
dispoint1483
voidc1503
to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546
relieve1549
cass1550
displace1553
unauthorize1554
to wring out1560
seclude1572
eject1576
dispost1577
decass1579
overboard1585
cast1587
sequester1587
to put to grass1589
cashier1592
discompose1599
abdicate1610
unseat1611
dismount1612
disoffice1627
to take off1642
unchair1645
destitute1653
lift1659
resign1674
quietus1688
superannuate1692
derange1796
shelve1812
shelf1819
Stellenbosch1900
defenestrate1917
axe1922
retire1961
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 10835 (MED) Þo was þe bissop of winchestre & sir peris doriual Remued þoru seint edmund out of þe court al.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. 1165 (MED) Witt and resoun conseilen ofte..that I scholde will remue And put him out of retenue.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 312 (MED) To þe we pleyn vs here, Him for to remue þorgh comon assent; Assigne it for more prow at þis parlement þat can þat office guye.
a1500 Rule Minoresses in W. W. Seton Two 15th Cent. Franciscan Rules (1914) 101 Ȝif þe Abbesse take vppon here ageynes oure comaundement for to goo owte of þe forseyde closure..The same Abbesse schal be remewid of here gouernaunce.
c1503 tr. Charter of London in R. Arnold Chron. f. xijv/2 They owe not to be remeued fro the office of aldyrmanshyp wythout certayn cause.
5.
a. intransitive. To undergo change, vary; (in later use) spec. to swerve or depart from what is right or true; to waver.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > change [verb (intransitive)]
wendeOE
braidOE
change?c1225
turnc1300
remue1340
varyc1369
flitc1386
strange1390
alter?a1425
degenerate1548
variate1605
commutatea1652
veer1670
mutate1818
reschedule1887
switch1906
to change up1920
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > waver
flecchec1300
waverc1315
remue1340
shake1340
flitc1386
flow1434
falter1521
flitter1543
to waver as, like, with the wind1548
rove1549
float1598
jarga1614
give ground1662
weaken1876
unbend1877
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 104 He one is zetnesse an uestnesse ine onelepi poynte, wyþ-oute him to trobli, wyþ-oute him to chongi, wyþ-oute him remue [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues wiþ-oute any meuyng] ine none manere.
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 4447 (MED) Among hem alle þer was ful vnite Vp-on Troyans avengid for to be, And from þe purpos neuer to remewe.
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 231 (MED) Fro the trouthe shal I nat remue.
a1500 (c1400) St. Erkenwald (1977) l. 235 (MED) I remewit neuer fro þe riȝt.
a1500 tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy (Cambr.) l. 641 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 104 (MED) As sone as loue by-gynneth to remew All plesaunce goth anon.
b. transitive. To change, alter.In quot. ?a1400: to translate (a book).
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)]
wendOE
forshapeOE
workOE
awendOE
makec1175
turna1200
forwenda1325
change1340
shape1362
transmewc1374
transposec1380
puta1382
convertc1384
exchangea1400
remue?a1400
makea1425
reduce?a1425
removec1425
resolvea1450
transvertc1450
overchangec1480
mew1512
transmutea1513
wring1524
reduct1548
transform1556
innovate1561
metamorphose1576
transume1579
metamorphize1587
transmove1590
transchangea1599
transfashion1601
deflect1613
fordo1624
entail1628
transmutate1632
distila1637
to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637
transqualify1652
unconvert1654
simulate1658
spend1668
transverse1687
hocus-pocus1774
mutate1796
fancy1801
to change around1871
metamorphosize1888
catalyse1944
morph1996
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > translate [verb (transitive)]
setc888
wendeOE
turnc1175
writec1275
drawa1325
translatea1375
expound1377
takea1382
interpret1382
transpose1390
remue?a1400
renderc1400
put?a1425
to draw outa1450
reducec1450
compile1483
redige?1517
make1529
traducea1533
traduct1534
converta1538
do1561
to set out1597
transcribe1639
throw1652
metaphrase1868
versionize1874
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 164 Geffrey..fro Breton speche he did remue & made it alle in Latyn.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1475 (MED) Þe lady..Com to hym to salue; Ful erly ho watz hym ate His mode forto remwe.
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 3262 Whi ar ȝe now no more credibile To my conseil swiche harmys to eschewe, Ȝour mortal purpos fully to remewe.
a1450 (?1420) J. Lydgate Temple of Glas (Tanner) (1891) 1182 (MED) For no tales þin hert not remue.
6. intransitive and transitive (reflexive).
a. To move off or away; to depart, leave, set off. Also: to escape, flee.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)]
wendeOE
i-wite971
ashakec975
shakeOE
to go awayOE
witea1000
afareOE
agoOE
atwendOE
awayOE
to wend awayOE
awendOE
gangOE
rimeOE
flitc1175
to fare forthc1200
depart?c1225
part?c1225
partc1230
to-partc1275
biwitec1300
atwitea1325
withdrawa1325
to draw awayc1330
passc1330
to turn one's (also the) backc1330
lenda1350
begonec1370
remuea1375
voidc1374
removec1380
to long awaya1382
twinc1386
to pass one's wayc1390
trussc1390
waive1390
to pass out ofa1398
avoida1400
to pass awaya1400
to turn awaya1400
slakec1400
wagc1400
returnc1405
to be gonea1425
muck1429
packc1450
recede1450
roomc1450
to show (a person) the feetc1450
to come offc1475
to take one's licence1475
issue1484
devoidc1485
rebatea1500
walka1500
to go adieua1522
pikea1529
to go one's ways1530
retire?1543
avaunt1549
to make out1558
trudge1562
vade?1570
fly1581
leave1593
wag1594
to get off1595
to go off1600
to put off1600
shog1600
troop1600
to forsake patch1602
exit1607
hence1614
to give offa1616
to take off1657
to move off1692
to cut (also slip) the painter1699
sheera1704
to go about one's business1749
mizzle1772
to move out1792
transit1797–1803
stump it1803
to run away1809
quit1811
to clear off1816
to clear out1816
nash1819
fuff1822
to make (take) tracks (for)1824
mosey1829
slope1830
to tail out1830
to walk one's chalks1835
to take away1838
shove1844
trot1847
fade1848
evacuate1849
shag1851
to get up and get1854
to pull out1855
to cut (the) cable(s)1859
to light out1859
to pick up1872
to sling one's Daniel or hook1873
to sling (also take) one's hook1874
smoke1893
screw1896
shoot1897
voetsak1897
to tootle off1902
to ship out1908
to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909
to push off1918
to bugger off1922
biff1923
to fuck off1929
to hit, split or take the breeze1931
to jack off1931
to piss offa1935
to do a mick1937
to take a walk1937
to head off1941
to take a hike1944
moulder1945
to chuff off1947
to get lost1947
to shoot through1947
skidoo1949
to sod off1950
peel1951
bug1952
split1954
poop1961
mugger1962
frig1965
society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)]
to come awayeOE
wendeOE
i-wite971
ashakec975
shakeOE
to go awayOE
witea1000
afareOE
agoOE
awayOE
dealc1000
goOE
awendOE
rimeOE
to go one's wayOE
flitc1175
depart?c1225
partc1230
to-partc1275
atwitea1325
withdrawa1325
to turn one's (also the) backc1330
lenda1350
begonec1370
remuea1375
removec1380
to long awaya1382
twinc1386
to pass one's wayc1390
trussc1390
to turn awaya1400
returnc1405
to be gonea1425
recede1450
roomc1450
to come offc1475
to take one's licence1475
issue1484
walka1500
to go adieua1522
pikea1529
avaunt1549
trudge1562
vade?1570
discoast1571
leave1593
wag1594
to go off1600
troop1600
hence1614
to set on one's foota1616
to pull up one's stumps1647
quit1811
to clear out1816
slope1830
to walk one's chalks1835
shove1844
to roll out1850
to pull out1855
to light out1859
to take a run-out powder1909
to push off (also along)1923
society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (reflexive)]
teec1275
remuea1375
avoida1400
avyec1440
trussa1450
remove1530
shank1816
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1326 Þan remued þemperour toward rome.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 77 (MED) He stynte & þoȝte noȝt remuye hem [= him] þere til he ha foȝt is fille.
c1400 (?a1300) King Alexander (Laud 622) 7231 He..hoteþ ȝou remve out of his lond.
?c1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr. Ii.3.21) (1886) i. met. iv. l. 17 Þat man þat so doth hath cast awey his sheld, and is remwed from his place.
a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 9286 (MED) I wolde abyde & nat remewe [rhyme swe]..Rather than thenys for to gon.
a1500 Rule Minoresses in W. W. Seton Two 15th Cent. Franciscan Rules (1914) 82 (MED) Þe sustryn, bi licence of þe Ministre general, may remuyn in to anoþer place couenable.
1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. f. 15 Thy sweit promeis and tendir luve..Owt of my mynd sall nocht remve.
b. To go somewhere; to travel, journey.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > journey [verb (intransitive)]
remuea1375
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1297 (MED) Wanne þei were a-rise, þei remewed to cherche.
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 24 (MED) Whan hem lyst, þei remewen [Fr. se transmenent] to oþer cytees.
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ix. 608 (MED) Secreli he gan hymsilf remewe To be bathed in a preue stewe.
c1450 (c1350) Alexander & Dindimus (Bodl.) (1929) 9 (MED) How Alixandre remewid to a flod þat is called Phison.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxxxv. f. lxxi She remeued to Ely, & there was abbesse, & lyued in great penaunce & abstynence.
7. intransitive. To change one's position; to stir, move.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > bodily movement > move the body or a member [verb (intransitive)] > shift one's place or position
turnOE
remuea1393
removea1400
hitch1618
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. 1411 (MED) Tisbee dorste noght remue, Bot as a bridd which were in Mue Withinne a buissh sche kepte hire clos.
a1425 N. Homily Legendary (Harl. suppl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 34 Þe body remude..And left to saint Steuen half þe graue.
a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 47 (MED) Mary..list hir not remowe for noþing þat sche saw ne herde spoken ne done aboute hir, bot sat ful stille in hir body.
a1450 York Plays (1885) 331 (MED) Or I remewe, he rewe sall þat reasoune, And or I stalke or stirre fro þis stede.
a1500 (?a1400) Stanzaic Life of Christ (Harl. 3909) (1926) l. 3104 (MED) Thys wommon..wold not remewe from hir se.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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