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locomote

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lo⋅co⋅mote

  [loh-kuh-moht]
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–verb (used without object), -mot⋅ed, -mot⋅ing.
to move about, esp. under one's own power.
Origin:
1825–35; back formation from locomotion
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lo·co·mote   (lō'kə-mōt')   
intr.v.   lo·co·mot·ed, lo·co·mot·ing, lo·co·motes
To move from one place to another.

[Back-formation from locomotion.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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