† admovev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To apply (something) to another thing; to move (a person or thing) towards something. Chiefly with unto.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > transference > bringing > bring [verb (transitive)] > near
admove?1440
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. l. 276 (MED) And first be molde admoued [L. admouentes] And after, donge.
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Ep. John ii. 8 Through discrete sobrenes we maye be admoued vnto the light.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 74 If unto the powder of Loadstone or Iron we admove the North pole of the Loadstone. View more context for this quotation
1671 J. Webster Metallographia xxviii. 350 While it is smitten It trembleth, being covered with a certain dawn which goeth to the Iron, if it be admoved unto it.
2. transitive. To promote, advance. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (transitive)]
furtherc888
to bring onc1230
advancea1250
speeda1300
nourishc1300
avaunt1393
promotec1433
pasture?a1439
advantage?1459
promove1475
preferc1503
conduce1518
to set forth1528
to set forward(s)1530
to take forth1530
fillip1551
help1559
farther1570
foster1571
shoulder1577
to put forward1579
seconda1586
foment1596
hearten1598
to put on1604
fomentate1613
succeed1613
expeditea1618
producea1618
maturate1623
cultivate1641
encourage1677
push1693
forward1780
progress1780
admove1839
1839 J. Rogers Antipopopriestian Introd. §23 That the work will serve and admove the cause of God and goodness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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