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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Commove \Com*move"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Commoved}; p. pr & vb n. {Commoving}.] [L. commovere commotum com- + movere to move.] 1. To urge; to persuade; to incite. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To put in motion; to disturb; to unsettle. [R.] Straight the sands, Commoved around in gathering eddies play. --Thomson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: commove v 1: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" [syn: {agitate}, {rouse}, {charge}, {excite}, {charge up}] [ant: {calm}] 2: change the arrangement or position of [syn: {agitate}, {disturb}, {shake up}, {stir up}, {raise up}]
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