Moved

4 definitions found

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

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

  moved \moved\ pred. adj.
     affected emotionally. Opposite of {unmoved}. Also See
     {affected}, {emotional}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  moved
       adj : emotionally moved; "too moved to speak" [syn: {moved(p)}]
             [ant: {unmoved(p)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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