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1. ădĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3 (to t. away wholly: usu. of good things: poet. also of persons removed by death: constr. with acc., or acc. and dat.): to t. away arms from the soldiers, arma militibus a., Liv. 22, 44: if fortune has t.n away wealth from any man, or if the wrong dealing of some one has robbed him of it, pecuniam si cuipiam fortuna ademit, aut si alicujus eripuit injuria, Cic. Quint. 15, 49: to t. away hope, spem a., id. Manil. 12, 35: to t. away freedom, a. libertatem, id. Caecin. 34, 99: to t. away sleep, somnum a., id. Att. 2, 16, ad init.: to t. away life, a. vitam, id. Planc. 42, 101: to t. away the firmest bulwark from the state, a. firmissimum praesidium reipublicae, id. Phil. 10, 4, 9: alas, brother! t.n away from me (by death), heu frater adempte mihi, Catul. 101, 6; Hor. Od. 2, 4, 10.
2. dēmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (to t. down: esp. to t. away a part): to t. away the golden beard (of an image), auream barbam d., Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83: grease t.n from a fleece, demptus a vellere sucus, Ov. A. A. 3, 214: to t. away a part from the entire day, partem solido d. de die, Hor. Od. 1, 1, 20: to t. away anxiety, d. sollicitudinem, Cic. Att. 11, 15, ad fin.; Virg. Aen. 8, 35: to t. away all fear, d. omnem metum, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 18.
3. aufĕro, abstŭli, ablātum, 3 (to carry away: esp. freq. of violent acts): to t. away money, nummos a., Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14: to t. away the dung from the door, stercus ab janua a., Pl. As. 2, 4, 18: to t. away the statues from the chapel, signa de sacrario a., Cic. Verr. 4, 3, 7: ye have t.n away from me so pretty a sparrow, tam bellum mihi passerem abstulistis, Catul. 3, 15: to t. away the command, a. imperium, Liv. 3, 67: t. yourself away home, aufer te domum, Pl. As. 2, 4, 63: to t. away sleep, somnos a., Hor. Od. 2, 16, 16: to t. away hope, spem a., Cic. Off. 3, 2, 10. Join: auferre et abducere, Auct. in Cic. Quint. 27, 84: it robs the action of its painfulness, t.s away the human feelings of the actor, and utterly does away with truth and fidelity, detrahit actionis dolorem, aufert humanum sensum actoris, tollit funditus veritatem et fidem, Cic. Or. 62, 209.
4. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3 (to t. up): t. away these cobwebs, tolle haec aranea, Phaedr. 2, 8, 23: to t. away corn from the threshing-floor, frumentum de area t., Cic. Verr. 3, 14, 37: to t. away the steps of the temple, gradus templi t., id. Sest. 15, 34: t. me away, tollite me, Virg. Aen. 3, 601: they seem to t. away the sun from the universe who t. friendship away from life, solem e mundo t. videntur qui amicitiam e vita tollunt, Cic. Am. 13, 47: to t. away fear, t. metum, id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6 (joined to delere suspicionem): to t. away hesitation, t. dubitationem, id. Att. 12, 6, ad fin.
5. dētrăho, xi, ctum, 3 (to draw or strip off): he took away from him a small garment of gold, aureum ei detraxit amiculum, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83: to t. away the covering from the mules, d. stramenta de mulis, Caes. B. G. 7, 45: to t. away anything from another, d. aliquid alteri, Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21: to t. away from one's capital, d. de vivo, id. Flac. 37, 91: to t. away an honour due to one's rank, honorem debitum ordini d., id. Verr. 4, 11, 25.
6. exĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3 (prop. to t. out: freq. used of that which is troublesome): after that hunger was t.n away by the meal, postquam exempta fames epulis, Virg. Aen. 1, 216: they t. away some one day from the month, eximunt unum aliquem diem ex mense, Cic. Verr. 2, 52, 129: you do not t. away what was torturing me, illud quod me angebat non eximis, id. Tusc. 2, 12, 29: to t. away cares, e. curas, Hor. Od. 3, 14, 14: to t. away the burden from anxious minds, sollicitis animis onus e., id. Ep. 1, 5, 18: to t. away religious scruples, e. religionem, Liv. 4, 31: to t. away hesitation, e. dubitationem, Quint. 1, 10, 28.
7. ērĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3 (to t. out or away in haste or with violence: constr. with ex, ab, de, or abl.: pers. usu. in dat.): t.ing away all the view from his eyes, prospectum eripiens oculis, Virg. Aen. 8, 254: to t. away the tetrarchy, tetrarchiam e., Cic. Div. 2, 37, 79: t. away this plague from me, eripite hanc pestem mihi, Catul. 76, 20: to t. away all hope, e. spem omnem, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 35: to t. away fear, e. metum, Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 18: virtue can neither be t.n away by force nor fraud, virtus nec eripi nec surripi potest, id. Par. 6, ad fin.: v. snatch away, filch.
8. subdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to t. from under: esp. to t. away stealthily): to t. away stones from the tower, lapides ex turri s., Caes. B. C. 2, 11: t. away food for a single day from an athlete, subduc cibum unum diem athletae, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40: he laments for his travelling money which has been t.n away from him, subducta viatica plorat, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 54: to t. Turnus away from the battle, pugnae s. Turnum, Virg. Aen. 10, 615: he t.s himself off secretly, clam se subducit, Auct. B. Afr. 93: v. withdraw.
9. abdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to lead or convey away): to t. away the key, clavem a., Pl. Cas. 5, 2, 8: he used to order them to be t.n away to the quarries, in lautumias abduci imperabat, Cic. Verr. 5, 56, 146: to t. away to dinner, ad caenam a., Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 9: the vision as it fled took away sleep with it, secum fugiens somnos abduxit imago, Ov. Fast. 5, 477: v. LEAD AWAY.
10. āmŏveo, ōvi, ōtum, 2 (to remove): to t. away the statues from the libraries, imagines e bibliothecis a., Suet. Cal. 34: cows t.n away by stealth, boves per dolum amotae, Hor. Od. 1, 10, 10: v. remove. Phr.: to t. away old rubbish, rudera purgare, Suet. Vesp. 8, ad fin.: to t. away the body of Augustus to Rome, corpus Augusti Romam deportare, id. Claud. 6: to t. away his own life, vitam sibi manu exhaurire, Cic. Sest. 21, 48: fear took away his voice, consumpsit vocem metus, Tac. H. 1, 42: to t. away by force the right of voting, suffragium extorquere, Liv. 25, 4: to t. away the command, imperium abrogare, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 1: to t. away grief, dolorem exhaurire, id. Fam. 5, 16., 4: to t. away uneasiness from the mind, scrupulum ex animo evellere, id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6: to t. away all doubt, expellere omnem dubitationem, Caes. B. G. 5, 48: to t. away all ground of dispute, controversias minuere, id. B. G. 5, 26.

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