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pull off:

1. āvello, 3: v. TO PLUCK OFF. (For TO PULL OFF the clothes or th skin: v. TO STRIP OFF, TAKE OFF.)

2 rĕvello, 3, to p. off from some fastening or union, e. g. the axle from a waggon Ov. M. 2, 316: v. TO TEAR OFF.

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1. vello, i, vulsum, 3: to p. out the hair, comam v., Mart. 5, 39, 19: to p. out the hair from a horse's tail, v. pilos equinae caudae, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 45: to p. up the standards (i. e. to make a hostile movement, begin a war), v. signa, Virg. Aen. 11, 19: whilst some p.'d out the stakes of the palisade, quum pars vellerent vallum, Liv. 9, 14: as neut. pass. without object, to have the hair on the body p.'d out by the roots, velli, Suet. Caes. 45. Comps. (1) ēvello, velli (vulsi), vulsum, 3: to p. out a weapon, e. ferrum, Caes. B. G. 1, 25: to p. out teeth, e. dentes (alicui), Plin. 30, 3 (8), 25: to p. out thistles from the ground, e. spinas agro, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 5: to p. up a tree, arborem e., Liv. 33, 5. (2). rĕvello, 3 (to p. or tear out or away from some fastening or union): to p. out weapons from the body, e. tela de corpore, Cic. in Pis. 11, 25: to p. up a tree with the hands, e. arborem manibus tellure, Ov. R. Am. 87: to p. up plants by the root, herbas radice e., id. M. 7, 226: to p. up the standards, signa e., Lucan 7, 77: to p. up the cross fixed at the gate, crucem, quae fixa est ad portam, e., Cic. Verr. 4, 11.

2. ērĭpio, ui, reptum, 3 (to pull, pluck, or tear out with violence): to p. out a morsel from the jaws, bolum e faucibus e., Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 6; swallows from the nest, hirundines ex nido, Pl. Rud. 3, 4. 67: a brand from the fire, torrem ab igne e., Ov. M. 8, 457; a sword from its sheath, vaginâ e. ensem, Virg. Aen. 4, 579.

3. ērŭo, ŭi, ŭtum, 3 (with violence): to p. out an eye, oculum e., Plin. 25, 8, 50: to p. out the teeth on the left side, dentes de sinistra parte e., Plin. 28, 8 (27) 95: to p. up standing corn by the roots, segetem ab radicibus imis e., Virg. G. 1, 320: so, pinum radicibus e., id. Aen. 5, 449; erui radicitus, Plin. 21, 11 (36) 62: v. TO DRAG OUT, DRAW OUT.

4. exĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3: to p. out a tooth, ex. dentem alicui, Cels. 6, 9; a weapon, telum e., Quint. 9, 2, 75: what pleasure does it give you to have one thorn among many p.'d out? quid te exempta juvat spinis de pluribus una? Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 212: v. TO TAKE OUT, DRAW OUT, EXTRACT.

5. exstirpo, 1: to p. out by the roots, e. g. pilos de corpore toto, Mart. 6, 56, 3: v. TO ROOT OUT, ERADICATE, EXTIRPATE.

6. extrăho, xi, ctum, 3: to p. out an ox or ass from a pit on the sabbath-day, ex. bovem die sabbati, Vulg. Luc. xiv. 5: v. TO DRAW OUT, EXTRACT.

7. ērunco, 1 (to weed out): to p. up weeds, herbas er., Col. 2, 10, 28.

8. ējĭcio, jēci, ctum, 3: p. out the mote (and beam) out of one's eye, e. festucam (trabem) de oculo, Vulg. Matt. vii. 4, 5; Luc. vi. 4.