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commoved

commoved is the simple past and past participle of commove.

Meaning of commove

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

Adjective

commoved (comparative more commoved, superlative most commoved)

  1. Agitated; excited.
    • The clerk, as I conjectured him to be from his appearance, was also commoved; for, sitting opposite to Mr. Morris, that honest gentleman's terror communicated itself to him, though he wotted not why.1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy

Forms of commoved

comparativemore commoved
superlativemost commoved

Origin of commoved

From commove + -ed.

Questions about commoved

What does commoved mean?
Commoved means agitated; excited.
What is commoved the simple past and past participle of?
Commoved is the simple past and past participle of commove.
What part of speech is commoved?
Commoved is an adjective.

Words near commoved in the dictionary

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

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