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commoves

commoves is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about commoves

What is commoves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Commoves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of commove.

Words near commoves in the dictionary

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

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