amolish

English

Etymology

Attested since the 16th century; from Middle French amolir (via the stem amoliss--), from Latin āmōlīrī (“to remove from”).

Verb

amolish (third-person singular simple present amolishes, present participle amolishing, simple past and past participle amolished)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To remove forcibly.
   • 1624, Richard Montagu, “That there is no Purgatorie fire, or other priſon wherein ſinnes may bee ſatisfied for after this life” (chapter XLII), in A Gagg for the New Gospell? No. A New Gagg for an Old Goose, page 286:

     […] becauſe Purgatory receiueth men after Iudgement particular, and is vtterly amoliſhed before the generall,Iudgement finiſhed.

Related terms

• amolition