Commoving

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

  Commove \Com*move"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Commoved}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Commoving}.] [L. commovere, commotum; com- + movere
     to move.]
     1. To urge; to persuade; to incite. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     2. To put in motion; to disturb; to unsettle. [R.]
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              Straight the sands,
              Commoved around, in gathering eddies play.
                                                    --Thomson.
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