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Remove afar off
Answer for the clue "Remove afar off ", 6 letters:
eloign
Word definitions for eloign in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context obsolete transitive English) To remove (something) to a distance. 2 (context reflexive now rare English) To remove (oneself); to retire, move away (from).
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1530s, intransitive, "to remove to a distance" (especially in an effort to avoid the law), from Anglo-French eloign , Old French esloigner (Modern French éloigner ), from Late Latin exlongare "remove, keep aloof, prolong, etc." (see elongation ). Transitive ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Eloign \E*loign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eloigned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Eloigning .] [F. ['e]loigner, OF. esloignier; pref. es- (L. ex) + OF. & F. loin far, far off, L. longe, fr. longus long. See Elongate .] [Written also eloin .] To remove afar off; to ...