English Explanatory Dictionary

amove

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To set in motion; to stir up, excite.
verb
  1. To remove.
  2. To dismiss from an office or station.

Word forms

amove amoves amoving amoved

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Anglo-Norman esmover? Anglo-Norman amoverbor. ▲ Old French esmovoir? Old French amovoirbor. Middle English ameven English amove From Middle English amoven, ameven (“to excite”), from Old French amover (“to excite”).

Derived words

amovability
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