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amoveo
amoveo
Latin
Verb
āmoveō (present infinitive āmovēre, perfect active āmōvī, supine āmōtum); second conjugation
- I remove from, move, put or take away.
 - (especially with reflexive) I withdraw, retire.
 - I take away by stealth, steal.
 - (by extension) I avert, allay.
 - (by extension) I get rid of, exile, banish.
 - (of abstract ideas) I put away, cast off, dissociate.
 
Inflection
Synonyms
- (withdraw): abdūcō, cēdō, recēdō
 - (banish): abdō, ablēgō, dēpellō, eximō, expellō, exterminō, pellō, prōiciō, relēgō, submoveō
 
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References
- amoveo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
 - amoveo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
 - Félix Gaffiot (1934), “amoveo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
 -  Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to exonerate oneself from blame: culpam a se amovere
 
 - to exonerate oneself from blame: culpam a se amovere