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COMMOVE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Change the arrangement or position of

Synonyms:

agitate; commove; disturb; raise up; shake up; stir up; vex

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "commove" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "commove"):

beat; scramble (stir vigorously)

toss (agitate)

rile; roil (make turbid by stirring up the sediments of)

poke (stir by poking)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

Example:

The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks

Synonyms:

agitate; charge; charge up; commove; excite; rouse; turn on

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "commove" is one way to...):

disturb; trouble; upset (move deeply)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "commove"):

hype up; psych up (get excited or stimulated)

bother (make nervous or agitated)

pother (make upset or troubled)

electrify (excite suddenly and intensely)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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