amovere

amovēre [CL] 1 to take away, remove. b (fig.) to clear away, dispel. c to raise (a siege). d (leg.) to transfer (an action). e (w. manus) to withdraw restraint from, release from possession. placuit ‥ ut lapis ‥ ~eretur et altius ‥ reponeretur Bede HE III 8; W. Fitzst. Thom. prol. 11 (v. admovere a); 1207 omnia catalla amota fuerunt de domo SelPlCrown 55; 1242 ammota est ‥ draperia a loco illo in quo esse consuevit Cl 449; 1275 nec voluit se de eodem loco ~ere SelPlMan 142; s1385 versus partes Scocie castra sua ammovit V. Ric. II 61. b qui ‥ caliginis incommodum ab oculis ~erent Bede HE IV 17; res procul amote tristes, si dicis “amo te” Serlo Wilt. 18 55; ad dubitacionem ~endam Bacon XV 161. c 1342 ad proficiscendum ‥ pro obsessione ‥ ~enda RScot 626a; s1352 iter arripuit ‥ ut obsidionem ammoveret J. Reading 162b. d 1312 breve nostrum tibi venit ad predictum appellum coram nobis ‥ ~endum SelCCoron 72; a1460 placitum retrahendo et ~endo a lege terre coram admirallo pertractabunt BBAdm I 227. e 1347 tibi precipimus quod manum nostram de baronia predicta ‥ ~eas RScot 700a; 1366 ~eat manum suam de arrestu predicto Hal. Durh. 57. 2 to remove from office, depose, dismiss. amotis subregulis, ‥ suscepit imperium Bede HE IV 12; s1147 Willelmum ‥ ab archiepiscopatus Eboracensis officio et beneficio ~endum censuit J. Hex. HR Cont. I 154; 1219 ~et M. ‥ et O. ‥ quos prius posuerat loco suo versus J. ‥ de placito terre CurR VIII 35; 1248 illum admovebimus et alium ‥ loco suo subrogabimus (Poole) BBC 353; 1416 fratrem W. ‥ ab administracione ‥ prioratus duximus ammovendum Reg. Cant. I 151.

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