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com⋅move

  [kuh-moov]
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–verb (used with object), -moved, -mov⋅ing.
to move violently; agitate; excite.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME commeven < AF commoveir, MF com(m)ovoir < L commovēre, equiv. to com- com- + movēre to move
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com·move   (kə-mōōv')   
tr.v.   com·moved, com·mov·ing, com·moves
  1. To cause to move with force or violence; agitate; disturb.
  2. To rouse strong feelings in; excite.

[Middle English commeven, from Old French commovoir, commeuv-, from Latin commovēre; see commotion.]
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Commove

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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