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commove

commove verb: to move violently; to agitate, excite or rouse.

Verb

commove (third-person singular simple present commoves, present participle commoving, simple past and past participle commoved)

  1. (dated, transitive) To move violently; to agitate, excite or rouse
    • Hereupon Mr. Worldly Wiseman was much commoved with passion, and shaking his cane with a very threatful countenance, broke forth upon this wise: "Learning, quotha!" said he; "I would have all such rogues scourged by the Hangman!"1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque

Forms of commove

third-person singular presentcommoves
present participlecommoving
past participlecommoved
pastcommoved

Origin of commove

From Middle English commoeven, from Old French commovoir.

Questions about commove

What does commove mean?
Commove means to move violently; to agitate, excite or rouse.
What part of speech is commove?
Commove is a verb.
What is the past tense of commove?
The past tense of commove is commoved.

Words near commove in the dictionary

  1. commotion
  2. commotion lotion
  3. commotional
  4. commotions
  5. commots
  6. commove
  7. commoved
  8. commoves
  9. commoving
  10. comms
  11. comms.

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