commove
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to disturb; stir up
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to agitate or excite emotionally
Etymology
Origin of commove
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English commeven, from Anglo-French commoveir, Middle French com(m)ovoir, from Latin commovēre “to move together”; equivalent to com- + move
Example Sentences
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But, I feel that with these photos, sometimes all these photos of broken bodies, of broken cities can commove sort of numbness.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2018
He saved himself by a jump on one side, but he showed by his eye when he mentioned the circumstance that he had been somewhat commoved.
From Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore by Robert H. (Robert Henry) Elliot
I was commoved to rattle: 'In time,' quoth he: quoth I ' 'Tis marvellous!
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
The clerk, as I conjectured him to be from his appearance, was also commoved; for, sitting opposite to Mr. Morris, that honest gentleman's terror communicated itself to him, though he wotted not why.
From Rob Roy — Volume 01 by Sir Walter Scott
Love had 197 indeed looked upon him with a tragic mask; and yet what mattered, since at least it was love—since at least she was commoved at their division?
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
And how much will our spirits be commoved when our own interest lies in the business, and hath some conjunction with God's interest, but if these are parted, our fervour abates, and our heat cools?
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
Fuller, 53, is an Ichabod Crane look-alike who is incessantly joking, cajoling, commoving, pressing, pleading for Habitat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Glass and the water without overmuch commoving and disturbing it.
From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galileo Galilei
Mr. Morris was a sterling patriot and did not look upon the commoving political elements with indifference.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
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