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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Word of the Day

4 June 2025

LEND

(verb) bestow a quality on; “Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company”; “The music added a lot to the play”; “She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings”; “This adds a light note to the program”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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