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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• keep off:
    1. I. Trans.:
      1. 1. arceo, 2 (usu. with acc. and abl., with prep. or alone: or absol.): to k. off rain, k. off the forces of the enemy, pluvias, copias hostium a., Cic. Mur. 9, 22: Plin.: opp. to ducere (somnos), Ov. Met. 2, 735.
      2. 2. dēfendo, 3: Cic.: v. to ward off.
      3. 3. prŏhĭbeo, 2 (esp. in milit. sense): to k. the pirates from (molesting) Sicily, praedones ab Sicilia p., Cic. Verr. 4, 64, fin.: Caes.: see also to protect.
      4. 4. prōpulso, 1 (to ward off, repel: q. v.): to k. the heat off from the roots, vapores radicibus p., Col. 3, 15, ad fin.
      5. 5. abstĭneo, 2 (implying the close proximity of that which is kept off): to k. the hands off (any one), manum abs., Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 6: see also to abstain.
      6. 6. dēpello, 3: v. to drive away (4).
    2. II. Intrans.: abstĭneo, 2 (esp. with pron. refl.): v. to abstain. In imperat., k. off! procul este! Virg. Aen. 6, 258.