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Webster 1913 Edition


Commove

Com-move′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Commove

COMMOVE

,
Verb.
T.
To put in motion; to disturb; to agitate; to unsettle; a poetic word.