COMMOVED

Etymology

Verb

commoved

simple past tense and past participle of commove

Adjective

commoved (comparative more commoved, superlative most commoved)

Agitated; excited.

Source: Wiktionary


COMMOVE

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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