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COMMOVE
agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
(verb) change the arrangement or position of
agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
(verb) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; “The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
commove (third-person singular simple present commoves, present participle commoving, simple past and past participle commoved)
(dated, transitive) To move violently; to agitate, excite or rouse
Source: Wiktionary
Com*move", v. t. [inp. & p. p. Commoved; p. pr. & vb. n. Commoving.] Etym: [L. commovere, commotum; com- + movere to move.]
1. To urge; to persuade; to incite. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To put in motion; to disturb; to unsettle. [R.] Straight the sands, Commoved around, in gathering eddies play. Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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