Meaning

• Verb

  1. To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
  2. To act; to take action; to begin to act
  3. To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.
  4. 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
  5. To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.
  6. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
  7. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
  8. To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
  9. (obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
  10. (obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
  11. (obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
  12. To request an action from the court.
  13. (obsolete) To bow or salute upon meeting.
  14. To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).
  15. To transfer the value of one object in memory to another efficiently (i.e., without copying it in entirety).

• Noun