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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + moveō (“move”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dēmoveō (present infinitive dēmovēre, perfect active dēmōvī, supine dēmōtum); second conjugation
- (transitive) to move or turn away; divert; put away, remove, dislodge
- Synonyms: āvertō, prōpulsō, dēclīnō, dēflectō, flectō, dīvertō, abdō, removeō, trānsvertō, āspernor, āvocō
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “demoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “demoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- demoveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to disconcert a person: animum alicuius de statu, de gradu demovere (more strongly depellere, deturbare)
- to dispossess a person: demovere, deicere aliquem de possessione
- to overthrow a person (cf. sect. IX. 6): aliquem de dignitatis gradu demovere