Meaning of COMMOVE
| Pronunciation: | | ku'moov
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- [v] change the arrangement or position of
- [v] cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
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| | Synonyms: | | agitate, agitate, charge, charge up, disturb, excite, raise up, rouse, shake up, stir up, turn on, vex |
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| | Antonyms: | | calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize | | |
| | See Also: | | beat, bother, displace, disturb, electrify, hype up, move, poke, pother, psych up, rile, roil, scramble, toss, trouble, upset | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Com*move"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Commoved}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Commoving}.] [L. commovere, commotum; com- + movere
to move.]
1. To urge; to persuade; to incite. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. To put in motion; to disturb; to unsettle. [R.]
Straight the sands, Commoved around, in gathering
eddies play. --Thomson.
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