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
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 Binning, Hugh
Whareat sche more heighlie commoved, did summound agane all the preachearis to compear at Striveling, the tent day of Maij, the year of God 1559.
From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Laing, David
He had not affections to be commoved upon that account.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
After an hour his back was aching, his hands dabbled, his brow beaded, while the night-winds blew, the light now was commoved, and now glowed a steady red; and still he grovelled.
From The Lord of the Sea by Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps)
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 Stevenson, Robert Louis
Fuller, 53, is an Ichabod Crane look-alike who is incessantly joking, cajoling, commoving, pressing, pleading for Habitat.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Judson, L. Carroll
Glass and the water without overmuch commoving and disturbing it.
From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galilei, Galileo
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