commove

English

Etymology

From Middle English commoeven, from Old French commovoir.

Verb

commove (third-person singular simple present commoves, present participle commoving, simple past and past participle commoved)

1. (dated, transitive) To move violently; to agitate, excite or rouse
   • 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:

     Hereupon Mr. Worldly Wiseman was much commoved with passion, and shaking his cane with a very threatful countenance, broke forth upon this wise: "Learning, quotha!" said he; "I would have all such rogues scourged by the Hangman!"

Related terms

• commotion

Latin

Verb

commovē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of commoveō