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admove

admove verb: to move toward.

Verb

admove (third-person singular simple present admoves, present participle admoving, simple past and past participle admoved)

  1. (obsolete) To move toward.
    • Thus if unto the powder of Loadstone or Iron we admove the North pole of the Loadstone, the powders or small divisions will erect and conform themselves thereto: but if the South pole approach, they will subside, and inverting their bodies respect the Loadstone with the other extream.1646/50, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica

Forms of admove

third-person singular presentadmoves
present participleadmoving
past participleadmoved
pastadmoved

Origin of admove

Borrowed from Latin admoveō (“to move, bring, conduct, lead, or carry someone or something to or toward”).

Questions about admove

What does admove mean?
Admove means to move toward.
What part of speech is admove?
Admove is a verb.
What is the past tense of admove?
The past tense of admove is admoved.

Words near admove in the dictionary

  1. admontites
  2. admor
  3. admortisation
  4. admortization
  5. admotion
  6. admove
  7. admoved
  8. admoves
  9. admoving
  10. admr.
  11. admrs.

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