moved
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Move \Move\ (m[=oo]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Moved} (m[=oo]vd);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Moving}.] [OE. moven, OF. moveir, F.
mouvoir, L. movere; cf. Gr. 'amei`bein to change, exchange,
go in or out, quit, Skr. m[imac]v, p. p. m[=u]ta, to move,
push. Cf. {Emotion}, {Mew} to molt, {Mob}, {Mutable},
{Mutiny}.]
1. To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set
in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place
to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a
vessel; the horse moves a carriage.
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2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To transfer (a piece or man) from
one space or position to another on a playing board,
according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.
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3. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to
rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to
influence.
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Minds desirous of revenge were not moved with gold.
--Knolles.
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No female arts his mind could move. --Dryden.
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4. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to
excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically;
to excite, as an emotion. --Shak.
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When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with
compassion on them. --Matt. ix.
36.
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[The use of images] in orations and poetry is to
move pity or terror. --Felton.
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5. To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose
formally for consideration and determination, in a
deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be
adopted; as, to move to adjourn.
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Let me but move one question to your daughter.
--Shak.
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They are to be blamed alike who move and who decline
war upon particular respects. --Hayward.
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6. To apply to, as for aid. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Syn: To stir; agitate; trouble; affect; persuade; influence;
actuate; impel; rouse; prompt; instigate; incite;
induce; incline; propose; offer.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "moved":
actuated, affected, agog, agonized, animated, aquiver, aroused,
atingle, atwitter, bursting, carried away, devoured by, ebullient,
effervescent, excited, exhilarated, fired, high, hopped up,
imbued with, impassioned, impelled, impressed, impressed with,
inclined, inflamed, inner-directed, keyed up, lathered up, manic,
minded, motivated, obsessed, obsessed by, other-directed,
penetrated with, prompted, racked, ready to burst, roused,
seized with, steamed up, stimulated, stirred, stirred up, stricken,
thrilled, tingling, tingly, torn, tortured, touched, turned-on,
whipped up, worked up, wracked, wrought up, yeasty
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