Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To cause to move with force or violence; agitate; disturb.
- transitive verb To rouse strong feelings in; excite.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put in motion; disturb; agitate; unsettle; throw into commotion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To urge; to persuade; to incite.
- transitive verb rare To put in motion; to disturb; to unsettle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
move violently ; toagitate ,excite orrouse
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- verb change the arrangement or position of
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If culture thrives under them — a very doubtful position — it is not because voters wish to understand the historical allusions of candidates, but because the general stir and life of public activity tends to commove the whole system.
Voltaire 2007
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"It might commove Europe and bespatter it with blood, but that would not hinder it from plunging itself into nothingness in the abysmal ooze of definite dissolution."
The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Emile Joseph Dillon 1894
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Satan is called the prince of the air, and the god of this world, for he hath more efficacy and virtue to commove the air, and raise tempests than all the swarms of multiplied mankind, though gathered into one army.
The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Hugh Binning 1640
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Eccnim correxic orbem ccrrac, qui non commove - bicur; * judicdbic p6pulos in xquicdce.
Breviarium ecclesiæ Rotomagensis Rouen diocese 1777
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Which, sire, is matier that must nedes commove and stire the hartes of al good christen princes and people to helpe and put their handes with effecte to reformacion thereof, and the repressing of such tirannous demenour. "
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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