ôter

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See also: oter, oster, and -oter

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle French, from Old French oster, from Latin obstō.

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  • IPA(key): /o.te/
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

ôter

  1. to take away, remove
  2. to take off, remove (clothes, etc.)
    • 1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné:
      Le guichetier de garde vient d’entrer dans mon cachot, il a ôté sa casquette, m’a salué, s’est excusé de me déranger et m’a demandé, en adoucissant de son mieux sa rude voix, ce que je désirais à déjeuner.
      The duty hatchman just came into my cell, took off his cap, gave me a salute, said he was sorry for bothering me and asked me, whispering as best he could with his rough voice, what I wanted for lunch.
  3. to remove, cut (text etc.); to take away (in arithmetic)
  4. to take (something) away from someone; to deprive
    • 1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act I, scene 2:
      La guerre [] / Nous ôta tout
      The war [] / deprived us of everything
  5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to move oneself, get out of the way

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Etymology[edit]

From Old French oster, from Latin obstō, obstāre, from ob (before, in front) + stō, stāre (stand).

Verb[edit]

ôter

  1. (Jersey) to remove

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