Budging

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Budge \Budge\ (b[u^]j), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Budged} (b[u^]jd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Budging}.] [F. bouger to stir, move (akin to
     Pr. bojar, bolegar, to stir, move, It. bulicare to boil,
     bubble), fr. L. bullire. See {Boil}, v. i.]
     To move off; to stir; to walk away.
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           I'll not budge an inch, boy.             --Shak.
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           The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge
           From rascals worse than they.            --Shak.
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