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e⋅loign

  [i-loin]
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–verb (used with object)
to remove to a distance, esp. to take beyond the jurisdiction of a law court.
Also, e⋅loin.

Origin:
1490–1500; < AF, OF e(s)loigner to go or take far < VL *exlongiāre, for L ēlongāre; see elongate
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e·loign   (ĭ-loin')   
tr.v.   e·loigned, e·loign·ing, e·loigns Archaic

  1. To remove or carry away to a distance, especially so as to conceal.

  2. To take (oneself) to a distance.


[Middle English elongen, from Old French esloigner, from Late Latin ēlongāre : Latin ē-, ex-, ex- + Latin longus, long, distant; see del-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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