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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMMOVE, v.t. To put in motion; to disturb; to agitate; to unsettle; a poetic word.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" [syn: agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up] [ant: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize]
2: change the arrangement or position of [syn: agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (commoved; commoving) Etymology: Middle English commoeven, from Anglo-French commoveir, from Latin commov?re, from com- + mov?re to move Date: 14th century 1. to move violently ; agitate 2. to rouse intense feeling in ; excite to passion

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.