auferō

From ab- (“from, away, off”) +‎ ferō (“to bear, carry, bring”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.fe.roː/, [ˈäu̯fɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.fe.ro/, [ˈäːu̯fero]

Verb

auferō (present infinitive auferre, perfect active abstulī, supine ablātum); third conjugation, irregular

1. (literally) to take away, take off, bear away, bear off, carry off, remove, withdraw
   1. (usually poetic) (of bodies) to bear or carry away, sweep away by wings, the winds, waves, or any other quick motion; waft away, sweep away
   2. (figurative) to carry away, mislead, deceive
2. (especially):
   1. to take or snatch away; take by force, remove, take away violently, abduct, rob, steal, snatch, confiscate 

      Synonyms: rapiō, abdūcō, dīripiō, ēripiō, adimō, exhauriō, fraudō, corripiō, āvertō, tollō, āmoveō, praedor, eximō, legō, agō

      auferre aliquid ab aliquo ― to steal something from someone

      alicui caput auferre ― to behead someone

1. 1. 1. (poetic) to take off or away, destroy, kill, slay, consume
      2. to separate, sever, divide (of places)
   2. to lay aside (some action, manner of speaking, etc.); cease from, desist from, leave off

      coeptos auferte labores ― lay aside the works that have been started

   3. (metonymically) (effect for cause) to carry off (as the fruit or result of one's labor, exertions, errors, etc.); obtain, gain, get, receive, acquire
      1. (figurative) to carry away (the knowledge of a thing); learn, understand
2. to banish, dispel 

   Synonyms: expellō, exsulō, āmoveō, exportō, ēiciō, ablēgō, eximō, fugō, pellō