▪ I. † reˈmue, n. Obs. rare—1.
[a. OF. remue (Godef.).]
Movement forward, advance, progress.
| 1433 Lydg. St. Edmund iii. 1217 [They] stood stylle as ston, sore in themsylff amasyd..Fro ther werk myhte no remews make. |
▪ II. † reˈmue, v. Obs.
Forms: 3–4 remuwe, 3–5 remue, (4 -u, -uye), remwe; 3–7 remew, 4–5 remewe, (4 -eue).
[a. OF. remuer (11th c.), f. re- re- + muer:—L. mūtāre to change: cf. It. rimutare, med.L. remūtāre (Du Cange). It is sometimes not clear whether the forms remeue and remewe belong here, or to remeve, obs. variant of remove v.]
1. trans. To remove, shift, or transfer, to another place; to move from a place.
| 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 5522 Remwe in to anoþer stude þi pauilon. c 1325 Chron. Eng. 744 in Ritson Metr. Rom. II. 301 Afterward..That he hade leyen..Sixti wynter under molde, An abbot him remue wolde. c 1386 Chaucer Sqr.'s T. 172 The hors of bras þat may nat be remewed It stant as it were to the ground yglewed. c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 280 Sette ek noon almaundes but grete and newe; And hem is best in Feueryeer remewe. 1600 Fairfax Tasso xiii. lxx, That faith wherewith he could remew The stedfast hils. |
| refl. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 77 He stynte & þoȝte noȝt remuye hem [= him] þere til he ha foȝt is fille. 1430–40 Lydg. Bochas ix. v. (1558) 23 b/1 And secretly he gan him selfe remue, To be bathed in a preuy stue. |
b. To remove to a distance; to put, take, or keep away from.
| 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 1673 Þou, remued fro monnes sunnes, on mor most abide. c 1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 93 All þare-by is vnderstandant, and neghys negh, þat þat ys remued of farre. c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 777 Yet is the chalk or cley lond forto eschewe, And from the rede also thy garth remewe. |
2. To remove (a person) from a position or office; to put away, dismiss.
| 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 11455 Þis tueie erles acorded were þere Þat iremewed [v.r. yremuwed] al clene þe frenssemen were. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 312 To þe we pleyn vs here, Him for to remue þorgh comon assent. 1390 Gower Conf. I. 318 Witt and resoun conseilen..that I scholde will remue And put him out of retenue. 1412–20 Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. xii. (1555) G v b, She can make a man for his welfare,..Whan he least weneth, for to be remewed. |
b. To raise (a siege). rare—1.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 100 Þerfor þe duke him dight, as man of grete value, Roberd Bellyse with myght, þe sege þei wend remue. |
3. To remove entirely; to take or clear away.
| 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 11613 Bruggen hii breke oueral, hii ne bileuede ssip non..þat hii ne remuede echon. c 1350 St. Peter 197 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 51 He bad þam stir oway þe stone And remu al þe erth oway. 1390 Gower Conf. III. 21 In no wise The drunkeschipe of love aweie I mai remue be no weie. 1426 Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 4446, I remewe, in especial, Clene with-outen & with-Inne, The fylthe of euery maner synne. |
4. To transfer, translate; to change, alter.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 164 Geffrey..fro Breton speche he did remue & made it alle in Latyn. 1340 Ayenb. 104 Wyþoute him to chongi, wyþoute him remue ine none manere. c 1403 Lydg. Temple Glas 1182 Vices eschew,..And for no tales thin hert not remue. |
5. intr. To move off or away, to depart, to go.
| 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 137 (heading) How alixandre remewid to a flod þat is called phison. c 1400 Mandeville (1839) v. 38 And whan hem lyst, they remewen to other Cytees. c 1430 Hymns Virgin (1867) 20 Þouȝ we wolden from þee remewe, In ech place þou art present. 1482 J. Warkworth Chron. (Camden) 2 Kynge Edwardes hooste..remewed from the sege, and were affrayed. |
6. To stir, to alter one's position, to move.
| a 1350 St. Stephen 519 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 34 Þe body remude..And left to saint Steuen half þe graue. 1390 Gower Conf. II. 316 As if a goshauk hadde sesed A brid, which dorste noght for fere Remue. c 1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 5559 He hath forbede..That noon of hem shul remew, Him to help or reskew. |
Hence † reˈmuing vbl. n., removal. Obs. rare.
| 13.. K. Alis. 7821 Theo lewed folk prayed theo kyng, Of him to make remuwyng. 1497 Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 229 Payed..to c men..attendyng about the remewyng of the Regent. |