tollere

tollere [CL] sustuli and sublatum also supply the pf. and sup. of sufferre. 1 to take up (from the ground or sim. low position), pick up. b to raise to a higher position, lift up (cf. et. sufferre). c (~ere crucem) to take (up) the cross (w. ref. to Crusades; cf. et. Matth. xvi 24, Marc. viii 34, Luc. ix 23). d to cause to rise into the air, raise. dominus ‥ eum ‥ non solum surgere verum etiam grabattum ~ere et ambulare praecepit Bede Hom. I 23. 85D; [dejectus] exclamat: “~e [me], nebulo! rex Anglie sum” W. Malm. GR IV 309; Basilius ~ens chartam et respiciens in celum ait ‥ Gir. GE I 26 p. 87.  b candelabra ‥ lucernas in sublime ~unt Bede Templ. 805A; Pelagiani primitias bonorum suorum nolunt domino ~ere Id. Tab. 399B; stetit erectus ~ens ad sydera vultus Andr. S. Vict. Dan. 55.  c 1170 rex cum alio rege ‥ de ~enda cruce tractabat J. Sal. Ep. 293 (298).  d clamorem pulvere mixtum ad caelum ~unt Bede Acts 989A; tollitur in caelum rumor meus ante tribunal Bonif. Aen. (Virginitas) 164. 2 to obtain, get, take. mortuo viro ‥ licet mulieri alterum ~ere [v. l. accipere] virum Theod. Pen. II 12. 9; radix que ~itur [v. l. colligitur] Rob. Angl. (I) Alg. 98; s1176 filium ‥ ex filia memorati regis sullatum Diceto YH 407; quedam ‥ mulier ‥ fatebatur se multis temporibus apud O. moram fecisse, ibique numerosam sobolem sustulisse Mir. Fridesw. 30; de ‥ filia comitis P. [rex] sustulit duas filias R. Niger Chr. II 166. 3 to take away (from current position or sim.), remove. b (also secum ~ere) to take away with one, bring. c to take off (garment), doff. d to remove (person) from office, depose. e to remove from someone's possession or use, to deprive or relieve someone of. f (math.) to subtract. surrex si ceciderit in liquorem ~atur inde Theod. Pen. I 7. 8; littera tollatur: post haec sine prole manebo Aldh. Aen. 63 (Corbus) 10; Aidano ‥ de hac vita sublato Bede HE III 25 p. 181; hunc quisquis textum ‥ / tollere praesumat, finetenus pereat (Rex Pius Æðelstan) ASE IX 95 (= CS 710); s1235 Judei ‥ puerum quendam ‥ furto sullatum ‥ circumciderunt M. Par. Maj. III 305; 1325 [dona] hominibus regis ne ~erent stramen de grangia Ac. Durh. 167.  b dominus ‥ discipulis ne quid ~erent in via praecepit Bede Luke 601B; ~ens ‥ abbas quosdam e fratribus secum ‥ condidit ibi ‥ monasterium Id. CuthbP 7.  c presbiter ‥ cappam suam non ~at sed evangelium legens super humeros ponat Theod. Pen. II 2. 11.  d †966 (15c) domino nostro ‥ qui ~it reges et transfert regna CS 1178.  e infelix fato fraudabor munere tali / dum tollunt dirae librorum lumina Parcae Aldh. Aen. 89 (Arca libraria) 5; gaudium eorum nemo ~et ab eis Bede Hom. II 13. 157B; hasta ‥ aufertur ‥. quod ‥ †tulta [ed. PL: sublata] hasta ‥ David adjunxit ‥ Id. Sam. 692B; 840 (11c) rex ‥ ~erat a nobis et tradidit terram nostram ‥ suobus propriis hominibus CS 430; si quis viam ~at et avertat retro namium suum (Leg. Hen. 51. 8) GAS 573; fastidium incolis ~ebat paradisus Pull. Sent. 746B; [balliva] cum prestat opes ex rapto, tollit amicos, / tollit amicitias veras D. Bec. 1644.  f ~e xxx, remanent iiij Bede TR 20; †tolls [l. ~e] ‥ ix de xl et remanent xxxj Thurkill Abac. f. 60r; tercia numeri parte sublata Id. Li. 128. 4 to remove from existence, eliminate, destroy. b to render null or void, annul, nullify. c to eliminate the possibility of, preclude. reprehensio ‥ per quam ‥ adversariorum confirmatio aut infirmatur aut ~itur Alcuin Rhet. 32; contemplatione sullata somniator expergiscitur Gosc. Transl. Mild. 22; ad istam dubitationem ~endam T. Sutton Gen. & Corrupt. 101; virtus est ei [sc. lolio] ut ‥ cancros ~it Alph. 105.  b ut juris ‥ jurandi consuetudinem ~at Bede Ep. Cath. 38D; cum ‥ transactio ‥ et indulgentia ‥ omnem penam pecuniarum ~ant Gir. GE II 33 p. 325; 1258 cum dimissio ad terminum non ~at custodiam Cl 190.  c Jonas, ut naufragium ~eret, naufragium fecit J. Sal. Pol. 812A; ut ‥ ~at prenoscentiam ‥ [Aristoteles] asserit inferiora non regi per ‥ decreta providentie Id. Met. 932A; si diffamatus non instituerit actionem ‥ diffamationis ‥ infra annum ‥ ~itur actio Praxis 118.