amolish

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verb

To remove forcibly.

OriginMiddle French amolir ← Latin āmōlīrī →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person amolishes · participle present amolishing · participle past amolished · past amolished

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo remove forcibly.

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

    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

Origin

  1. Latināmōlīrī“to remove from”
  2. Middle Frenchamolir
  3. Englishamolish

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

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APA

amolish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amolish

MLA

“amolish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amolish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amolish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amolish.

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