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Webster 1913 Edition


Amove

A-move′

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
amovere
;
a-
(
ab
) +
movere
to move: cf. OF.
amover
.]
1.
To remove, as a person or thing, from a position.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.
2.
(Law)
To dismiss from an office or station.

A-move′

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[OE.
amovir
, L.
admovere
to move to, to excite;
ad
+
movere
.]
To move or be moved; to excite.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Amove

AMOVE'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. amoveo, a and moveo, to move.] To remove. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


amove

amove

See also: amové

English

Verb

amove (third-person singular simple present amoves, present participle amoving, simple past and past participle amoved)

  1. (obsolete) To set in motion; to stir up, excite.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.iv:
      Vp-rose Duessa from her resting place, / And to the Paynims lodging comes with silent pace [...] And him amoues with speaches seeming fit [...].

Etymology 2

Latin amovere.

Verb

amove (third-person singular simple present amoves, present participle amoving, simple past and past participle amoved)

  1. To remove (a person or thing) from a position.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dr. H. More to this entry?)
  2. (law) To dismiss from an office or station.

Latin

Verb

āmovē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of āmoveō