eloign
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
Definition of eloign
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(obsolete, transitive)To remove (something) to a distance.
“Those States have assume the right of deciding upon the propriety of our domestic institutions; and have denied the rights of property established in fifteen of the States and recognized by the Constitution; they have denounced as sinful the institution of slavery; they have permitted open establishment among them of societies, whose avowed object is to disturb the peace and to eloign the property of the citizens of other States.”
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verb
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(obsolete, transitive)To remove (something) to a distance.
“Those States have assume the right of deciding upon the propriety of our domestic institutions; and have denied the rights of property established in fifteen of the States and recognized by the Constitution; they have denounced as sinful the institution of slavery; they have permitted open establishment among them of societies, whose avowed object is to disturb the peace and to eloign the property of the citizens of other States.”
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(archaic, reflexive)To remove (oneself); to retire, move away (from).
“From worldy cares himselfe he did esloyne, / And greatly shunned manly exercise [...].”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English eloynen, from Anglo-Norman esloignier, Old French esloignier, from Vulgar Latin *exlongō, from Latin longe. Doublet of elongate.
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