Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emove

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: emove
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To stir or arouse emotion in (someone); to cause to feel emotion.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"What brought you to this Seat of Peace and Love? While with kind Nature, here amid the Grove, We pass’d the harmless Sabbath of our Time, What to disturb it could, fell Men, emove Your barbarous Hearts? Is Happiness a Crime?"

Etymology

Borrowed into Middle English from Old French esmouvoir, from classical Latin ēmoveō; see emotion.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: -, esmouvoir

Usage

Inflected Forms

emoves (present, singular) emoving (participle, present) emoved (participle, past) emoved (past)

Rhymes With

move only move you've improve prove remove approve bust a move groove who've disprove behoove

Questions

What does emove mean?: To stir or arouse emotion in (someone); to cause to feel emotion.
Where does emove come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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