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demoveo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From dē- +‎ moveō (move).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dēmoveō (present infinitive dēmovēre, perfect active dēmōvī, supine dēmōtum); second conjugation

  1. (transitive) to move or turn away; divert; put away, remove, dislodge
    Synonyms: āvertō, prōpulsō, dēclīnō, dēflectō, flectō, dīvertō, abdō, removeō, trānsvertō, āspernor, āvocō

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Portuguese: demover

References

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  • 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[1], 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