adeem
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of adeem
1835–45; < Latin adimere to take away, deprive of, confiscate, equivalent to ad- ad- + -imere, combining form of emere to take, buy; spelling conformed to redeem
Example Sentences
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All the 308 red deer and adeem fined the Ugh tops to bid good-bye.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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