move
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[edit] English
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- meve (12th to 16th centuries)
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From Anglo-Norman mover, Old French moveir (French mouvoir), from Latin movēre (“‘to change, exchange, go in or out, quit’”).
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- IPA: /muːv/
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- Rhymes: -uːv
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to move (third-person singular simple present moves, present participle moving, simple past and past participle moved)
- (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves rapidly.
- (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.
- (intransitive) To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place.
- (intransitive, chess) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
- (transitive, ergative) 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.
- (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.
- (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
- (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion.
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to sollicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:
- "Sir," seyde Sir Boys, "ye nede nat to meve me of such maters, for well ye wote I woll do what I may to please you."
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:
- (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
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to change place or posture; to go
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to act; to take action
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to change residence
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to change the place of a piece
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to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
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to transfer from one space or position to another
to excite to action
to arouse the feelings or passions of
to propose; to recommend
to apply to
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move (plural moves)
- The act of moving; a movement.
- An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
- A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
- She always gets spontaneous applause for that one move.
- He can win a match with that one move.
- The event of changing one's residence.
- (chess) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another when it's one's turn to play.
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the act of moving; a movement
an act for the attainment of an object or purpose
the event of changing one's residence
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the act of moving a token on a gameboard
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[edit] References
- move in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Finnish
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- A shortening of motivaatiovemppa.
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move (stem move-*)
- (military slang) A conscript who acquires or has acquired exemptions from physical education for falsified reasons of health, i.e. by feigning sick.
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- verbs: movettaa
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move
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move
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