commove Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
    turn on; excite; charge up; agitate; charge; rouse.
    • The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
  2. verb change the arrangement or position of
    raise up; disturb; stir up; vex; shake up; agitate.

WordNet


Com*move" transitive verb
Etymology
L. commovere, commotum; com- + movere to move.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Commoved ; present participle & verbal noun Commoving
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913