transitive (with that which is separated as object.) To separate or drive off (lighter or refuse particles) by the process described in sense 1; figur…

Medicine. transitive. To eliminate or expel (waste or harmful matter, etc.) from the body or an organ.

transitive. To relieve or free from something considered burdensome; to rid or free of something unwanted. Obsolete.

transitive. To eradicate errors, flaws, vices, etc., from (a text, etc.); to remove harmful or undesirable persons or things from (a body, group…

To empty, clear, rid, free (of). Obsolete.

transitive. To make (a person or place) free of or †from something; to disencumber of.

To rid of. Often reflexive and in passive.

transitive. To clear of an encumbrance; to remove something undesirable or restrictive from. With from, of.

transitive. To scarify or stir the surface (of land) with a thrust-hoe or horse-hoe; to hoe (a crop), cup up (weeds), turn in (seed) by means of a…

transferred and figurative. To free from something unpleasant. slang.