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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. separated in relationship by a given degree of descent;
- Example: "a cousin once removed"

2. separate or apart in time;
- Example: "distant events"
- Example: "the remote past or future"
[syn: distant, remote, removed]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Removed \Re*moved"\ (r?-m??vd"), a. 1. Changed in place. [1913 Webster] 2. Dismissed from office. [1913 Webster] 3. Distant in location; remote. "Something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once removed. [1913 Webster] -- Re*mov"ed*ness (r?-m??v"?d-n?s), n. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Remove \Re*move"\ (r?-m??v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Removed (-m??vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Removing.] [OF. removoir, remouvoir, L. removere, remotum; pref. re- re- + movere to move. See Move.] 1. To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building. [1913 Webster] Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark. --Deut. xix. 14. [1913 Webster] When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving us, I generally ordered the table to be removed. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease. "King Richard thus removed." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters. [1913 Webster] Note: See the Note under Remove, v. i. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

removed adj 1: separated in relationship by a given degree of descent; "a cousin once removed" 2: separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future" [syn: distant, remote, removed]