transitive. To remove; to take elsewhere; to deprive a person of.

transitive. To summon (a person) from the world of the living to God, heaven, the afterlife, etc. Usually with God as subject or in passive.

transitive. Esp. of God: to remove (a person, his or her soul, etc.) from the world by death. Also euphemistic: (in passive) to die. Frequently with…

Scottish (chiefly literary). With away. transitive (usually in passive). Usually in form wede. To carry (a person) away to death; to cause (a person)…