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Moved

adjective

1.

Being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion. Synonyms: affected, stirred, touched. "Very touched by the stranger's kindness" Antonym: unmoved.

Move

verb

(past & past part. moved; pres. part. moving)

1.

Change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically. Synonyms: go, locomote, travel. "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus" , "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect" , "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell" , "News travelled fast" Antonym: stay in place.

2.

Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense. Synonym: displace. "I'm moving my money to another bank" , "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

3.

Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion. Antonym: stand still.

4.

Change residence, affiliation, or place of employment. "The basketball player moved from one team to another" Antonym: stay.

5.

Follow a procedure or take a course. Synonyms: go, proceed. "She went through a lot of trouble" , "Go about the world in a certain manner" , "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"

6.

Be in a state of action. Synonym: be active. Antonym: rest.

7.

Go or proceed from one point to another.

8.

Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action). Synonym: act. "We must move quickly" , "The governor should act on the new energy bill" , "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" Antonym: refrain.

9.

Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon. Synonyms: affect, impress, strike. "This behavior struck me as odd"

10.

Give an incentive for action. Synonyms: actuate, incite, motivate, prompt, propel.

11.

Arouse sympathy or compassion in.

12.

Dispose of by selling.

13.

Progress by being changed. Synonyms: go, run. "Run through your presentation before the meeting"

14.

Live one's life in a specified environment.

15.

Have a turn; make one's move in a game. Synonym: go.

16.

Propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting. Synonym: make a motion.

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"Moved" Quotes from Famous Books

... my men inside according to the orders, guided by the orderly who had brought them. I entered an inner courtyard. There was disturbance. People moved about in a disorderly fashion and chattered agitatedly. This was astonishing in The Leader's residence. I marched up to General Breyer, who stood outside a group biting his nails. I saluted and said: "Major Knoeller reporting for orders, ...

— The Leader • William Fitzgerald Jenkins (AKA Murray Leinster)

... be as dignified as he always is, and don't appear to be much moved by what the other is saying. But what is the matter with ...

— A Lieutenant at Eighteen • Oliver Optic

... the Semicha is another evidence of the same assertive tendency. Among the Spanish exiles settled in the Holy Land a peculiar spiritual current set in. The storm-tossed wanderers, but now returned to their native Jordan from the shores of the blood-stained Tagus and Guadalquivir, were mightily moved at the sight of their ancestral home. Ahasuerus, who on his thorn-strewn pilgrim's path had drained the cup of woe to the dregs, suddenly caught sight of the home of his childhood razed level with the ground. The precious, never-to-be-forgotten ruins exhaled the home feeling, which took possession ...

— Jewish History • S. M. Dubnow

... opened it, and felt in her pocket for her glasses. In the other time she had always read his letters. But Marjorie moved away with it, and only said afterward that there ...

— Miss Prudence - A Story of Two Girls' Lives. • Jennie Maria (Drinkwater) Conklin

... willing to adopt me for a Brother; but, upon a nearer Examination, I found they were a Sisterhood of Coquets, disguised in that precise Habit. I was soon after taken out to dance, and, as I fancied, by a Woman of the first Quality, for she was very tall, and moved gracefully. As soon as the Minuet was over, we ogled one another through our Masques; and as I am very well read in Waller, I repeated to her the four following Verses out ...

— The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 - With Translations and Index for the Series • Joseph Addison and Richard Steele

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