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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.
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)
- (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 [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.iv:
Etymology 2
Verb
amove (third-person singular simple present amoves, present participle amoving, simple past and past participle amoved)
- To remove (a person or thing) from a position.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dr. H. More to this entry?)
- (law) To dismiss from an office or station.