admove

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verb

To move toward.

OriginLatin admoveō →
Scrabble 12
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Meanings

verbadmove (third-person singular simple present admoves, present participle admoving, simple past and past participle admoved)

present singular third person admoves · participle present admoving · participle past admoved · past admoved

  1. obsoleteTo move toward.

    Thus if unto the powder of Loadstone or Iron we admove the North pole of the Loadstone, the powders or small divisions will erect and conform themselves thereto: but if the South pole approach, they will subside, and inverting their bodies respect the Loadstone with the other extream.

    1646/50, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica

Origin

  1. Latinadmoveō“to move, bring, conduct, lead, or carry someone or something to or toward”
  2. Englishadmove

Borrowed from Latin admoveō (“to move, bring, conduct, lead, or carry someone or something to or toward”).

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APA

admove. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/admove

MLA

“admove.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/admove. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “admove,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/admove.

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