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Dictionary: e·loign   (ĭ-loin') pronunciation
tr.v. Archaic, e·loigned, e·loign·ing, e·loigns.
  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.]


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to move to a distant/unknown place
 
 
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