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Thesaurus: commove

To urge; to persuade; to incite.

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  1. v. t. To urge; to persuade; to incite.
  2. v. t. To put in motion; to disturb; to unsettle.
  3. v. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
  4. v. change the arrangement or position of
  5. 1. To urge; to persuade; to incite. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. To put in motion; to disturb; to unsettle. [R.] Straight the sands, Commoved around, in gathering eddies play. Thomson.
  6. v cause to be agitated, excited, or roused v change the arrangement or position of