Commove
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Commove is a verb meaning (dated, transitive) To move violently; to agitate, excite or rouse.
Meaning
(dated, transitive) To move violently; to agitate, excite or rouse.
Example Sentences
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!"
Word Forms
- commoves
- commoving
- commoved
Synonyms for commove
Depending on context, synonyms include charge, agitate, disturb, excite, shake up.
Antonyms for commove
Common opposites include lull, calm, quiet, quieten, tranquillize, tranquilize.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include agitate, shake up, disturb, excite, charge, emmove.
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