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English Dictionary: commove by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
commove
v
  1. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
    Synonym(s): agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
    Antonym(s): calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize
  2. change the arrangement or position of
    Synonym(s): agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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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