ē-luō uī, ūtus, ere, to wash off, cleanse by washing: corpus, O.

—To wash away, remove by washing: macula elui non potest: ut sanguis eluatur.

—Fig., to wash away, remove, blot out, get rid of: libidinem sanguine: eluitur scelus, V.: amicitiae remissione usūs eluendae: amara curarum, H.