Literary notes about removed (AI summary)
In literature, "removed" is a highly versatile term that can denote both a physical displacement and an abstract elimination. In many works it literally describes the act of taking something away from its original location—as in the case of Lord Elgin transporting artifacts to the British Museum [1] or officials being taken out of office [2, 3]. At the same time, writers often employ it to signify the elimination or dissipation of a problem or obstacle, such as difficulties being eradicated to reach peace [4] or the gradual removal of prejudices [5]. Additionally, the term appears in more specialized contexts—for example, describing the extraction of a component from a larger whole ([6], [7], [8]), or even being used in mathematical or mechanical discourse ([9], [10]). This rich variety in usage shows how "removed" can flexibly convey both concrete physical actions and more metaphorical or procedural processes across different genres and historical periods.
- The greater part of these splendid works are now in the British Museum, whither they were removed by Lord Elgin in 1801.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - He was consequently removed from office.
— from Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding - Hammond, too, was afterward removed from office, and indicted in part for this transaction.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman - As soon as this difficulty was removed, a solemn peace was concluded and ratified between the two nations.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - She explained what its effect on her had been, and how gradually all her former prejudices had been removed.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - Buonamico, then, having mounted the scaffolding, removed the great diadem of gold
— from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 01 (of 10) by Giorgio Vasari - The leopard's face shows no neck at all, the head being removed close behind the ears.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies - Then the upper part is removed and the coffee is ready as a beverage.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - With this exception, the only ring that can ever be removed is the one that happens to be a contiguous second on the loop at the right-hand end.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney - The holes C C can be cleaned out if the plugs P 2 P 3 are removed.
— from How it Works by Archibald Williams
