Mouvoir, to move; mouvant, moving; mu, moved; je

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meus, tu meus, il meut, nous mouvons, vous mouvez, ils meuvent; que je meuve, que tu meuves, qu'il meuve, que nous mouvions a, que vous mouviez a, qu'ils meuvent; and that is about all, for the French seldom use mouvoir; they prefer agiter, remuer, déranger, déplacer, ébranler. Mouvoir is almost always used reflectively.

Also much used in the sense of to be able, to contrive, to

are employed sometimes in the place of the proper.

That I might

know, &c.