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commoving

commoving is the present participle and gerund 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 commoving

What is commoving the present participle and gerund of?
Commoving is the present participle and gerund of commove.

Words near commoving in the dictionary

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

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