emove
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French esmouvoir, from classical Latin ēmoveō; see emotion.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -uːv
Verb edit
emove (third-person singular simple present emoves, present participle emoving, simple past and past participle emoved)
- (archaic, poetic, transitive) To stir or arouse emotion in (someone); to cause to feel emotion.
- 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, L:LXVI:
- What brought you to this Seat of Peace and Love?
While with kind Nature, here amid the Grove,
We pass’d the harmless Sabbath of our Time,
What to disturb it could, fell Men, emove
Your barbarous Hearts? Is Happiness a Crime?
Latin edit
Verb edit
ēmovē