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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Move \Move\ (m[=oo]v), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Moved} (m[=oo]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Moving}.] [OE. moven, OF. moveir, F. mouvoir, L. movere; cf. Gr. 'amei'bein to change, exchange, go in or out, quit, Skr. m[=i]v, p. p. m[=u]ta, to move, push. Cf. {Emotion}, {Mew} to molt, {Mob}, {Mutable}, {Mutiny}.]
1. To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage.
2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another on a playing board, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.
3. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
Minds desirous of revenge were not moved with gold. --Knolles.
No female arts his mind could move. --Dryden.
4. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion. --Shak.
When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them. --Matt. ix. 36.
[The use of images] in orations and poetry is to move pity or terror. --Felton.
5. To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.
Let me but move one question to your daughter. --Shak.
They are to be blamed alike who move and who decline war upon particular respects. --Hayward.
6. To apply to, as for aid. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: To stir; agitate; trouble; affect; persuade; influence; actuate; impel; rouse; prompt; instigate; incite; induce; incline; propose; offer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
moved \moved\ pred. adjective affected emotionally. Opposite of {unmoved}. Also See {affected}, {emotional}. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
moved
adjective: emotionally moved; "too moved to speak" [syn: {moved(p)}] [ant: {unmoved(p)}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "moved": actuated, affected, agog, agonized, animated, aquiver, aroused, atingle, atwitter, bursting, carried away, devoured by, ebullient, effervescent, excited, exhilarated, fired, high, hopped up, imbued with, impassioned, impelled, impressed, impressed with, inclined, inflamed, inner-directed, keyed up, lathered up, manic, minded, motivated, obsessed, obsessed by, other-directed, penetrated with, prompted, racked, ready to burst, roused, seized with, steamed up, stimulated, stirred, stirred up, stricken, thrilled, tingling, tingly, torn, tortured, touched, turned-on, whipped up, worked up, wracked, wrought up, yeasty
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