From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
removed
adj 1: separated in relationship by a given degree of descent;
"a cousin once removed"
2: separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past
or future" [syn: distant, remote, removed]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Remove \Re*move"\ (r?-m??v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Removed
(-m??vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Removing.] [OF. removoir,
remouvoir, L. removere, remotum; pref. re- re- + movere to
move. See Move.]
1. To move away from the position occupied; to cause to
change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.
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Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark.
--Deut. xix.
14.
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When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving
us, I generally ordered the table to be removed.
--Goldsmith.
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2. To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to
be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an
end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease. "King Richard
thus removed." --Shak.
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3. To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President
removed many postmasters.
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Note: See the Note under Remove, v. i.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Removed \Re*moved"\ (r?-m??vd"), a.
1. Changed in place.
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2. Dismissed from office.
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3. Distant in location; remote. "Something finer than you
could purchase in so removed a dwelling." --Shak.
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4. Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once
removed.
[1913 Webster] -- Re*mov"ed*ness (r?-m??v"?d-n?s), n.
--Shak.
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