emove en · VERB
Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French esmouvoir, from classical Latin ēmoveō; see emotion.
Meanings
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(archaic, poetic, transitive) To stir or arouse emotion in (someone); to cause to feel emotion.
What brought you to this Seat of Peace and Love? While with kind Nature, here amid the Grove, We pass’d the harmless Sabbath of our Time, What to disturb it could, fell Men, emove Your barbarous Hearts? Is Happiness a Crime?
1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, L:LXVI:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| emoves | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| emoved | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| emoved | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| emoving | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |