Remove afar off

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 ...

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).

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 ...