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
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)
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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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
He who has seen the sea commoved with a great hurricane, thinks of it very differently from him who has seen it only in a calm.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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 Scott, Walter, Sir
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 Galilei, Galileo
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
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