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emoving

emoving is the present participle and gerund of emove.

Meaning of emove

Verb

emove (third-person singular simple present emoves, present participle emoving, simple past and past participle emoved)

  1. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To stir or arouse emotion in (someone); to cause to feel emotion.
    • What brought you to this Seat of Peace and Love?
      While with kind Nature, here amid the Grove,
      We pass’d the harmless Sabbath of our Time,
      What to disturb it could, fell Men, emove
      Your barbarous Hearts? Is Happiness a Crime?1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, L:LXVI

Questions about emoving

What is emoving the present participle and gerund of?
Emoving is the present participle and gerund of emove.

Words near emoving in the dictionary

  1. emotronic
  2. emotronica
  3. emove
  4. emoved
  5. emoves
  6. emoving
  7. emoviolence
  8. emp
  9. Emp'r
  10. Emp't
  11. Emp.

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