eloign

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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- in Indo-European roots.]

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eloign

(ɪˈlɔɪn) or

eloin

(tr) archaic to remove (oneself, one's property, etc) to a distant place

[C16: from Anglo-French esloigner to go far away; related to Latin longē (adv) far; compare elongate]

eˈloigner, eˈloiner n

eˈloignment, eˈloinment n

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e•loign

or e•loin

(ɪˈlɔɪn)

v.t. e•loigned or e•loined, e•loign•ing or e•loin•ing.

to remove to a distance, esp. to conceal (property) by removing beyond the jurisdiction of a court.

[1490–1500; < Anglo-French, Old French e(s)loigner to go or take far; see elongate]

eloign

Past participle: eloigned
Gerund: eloigning

Imperative
eloign
eloign

Present
I eloign
you eloign
he/she/it eloigns
we eloign
you eloign
they eloign

Preterite
I eloigned
you eloigned
he/she/it eloigned
we eloigned
you eloigned
they eloigned

Present Continuous
I am eloigning
you are eloigning
he/she/it is eloigning
we are eloigning
you are eloigning
they are eloigning

Present Perfect
I have eloigned
you have eloigned
he/she/it has eloigned
we have eloigned
you have eloigned
they have eloigned

Past Continuous
I was eloigning
you were eloigning
he/she/it was eloigning
we were eloigning
you were eloigning
they were eloigning

Past Perfect
I had eloigned
you had eloigned
he/she/it had eloigned
we had eloigned
you had eloigned
they had eloigned

Future
I will eloign
you will eloign
he/she/it will eloign
we will eloign
you will eloign
they will eloign

Future Perfect
I will have eloigned
you will have eloigned
he/she/it will have eloigned
we will have eloigned
you will have eloigned
they will have eloigned

Future Continuous
I will be eloigning
you will be eloigning
he/she/it will be eloigning
we will be eloigning
you will be eloigning
they will be eloigning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been eloigning
you have been eloigning
he/she/it has been eloigning
we have been eloigning
you have been eloigning
they have been eloigning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been eloigning
you will have been eloigning
he/she/it will have been eloigning
we will have been eloigning
you will have been eloigning
they will have been eloigning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been eloigning
you had been eloigning
he/she/it had been eloigning
we had been eloigning
you had been eloigning
they had been eloigning

Conditional
I would eloign
you would eloign
he/she/it would eloign
we would eloign
you would eloign
they would eloign

Past Conditional
I would have eloigned
you would have eloigned
he/she/it would have eloigned
we would have eloigned
you would have eloigned
they would have eloigned

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References in periodicals archive ?

The new Romanian civil code coming into force on 1 October 2011 is not eloigned from the legislative tradition.

Legislative regulations and perspectives regarding the protection of victims of domestic violence

A case brought before the mayor's court of the City of London in 1305 notes that, because of a delay in addressing the complaint brought by William de Lyndesseye for goods worth [pounds sterling]20 that his wife had "eloigned into the houses of William de Wynchelsee," a judicial separation had been celebrated between them in the face of the Church (celebratum in facie ecclesie) and the goods had already been delivered to Alice by the undersheriff.