Hypertext Webster Gateway: "commove"
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) 1.7 (wn)
commove
v 1: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker
charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
[syn: {agitate}, {rouse}, {turn on}, {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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