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pei

1. (verb) (-a) to push, shove, drive out, banish, eject, expel.

Nō te taenga mai o ngā Hakona, i ahu mai nei i te tuawhenua o Urapi, ka peia atu ngā Kereti me tō rātou whakapono ki waho o te whenua (TP 8/1912:3). / When the Saxons arrived, coming from the continent of Europe, the Celts and their religion were driven out of the land.

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Synonyms: ātute, tōkiri, pana, whakapako, tūhiti, panapana, tūwhiti, ue, tute, uaki, kōpana, peipei, tōpana ue, torohaki


2. (verb) (-a) to displace.

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