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1 admovēre [CL] , to move towards. b to post, station. c (fig.) to attach, apply. ut ‥ admotum ab hostibus urbi regiae ignem orando amoverit Bede HE III 16; leves ‥ cohortes / admovet Frith. 545; pedibus anterioribus simul solo amotis et admotis W. Fitzst. Thom. prol. 11; eminus inspectam statuam condemnat Apelles; / admotam †proprius [l. propius] nobile censet opus Neckam DS III 952.  b janitorem archiepiscopi amoverant, suum ~erant W. Fitzst. Thom. 136.  c genitor ‥ / lubrica mundanis admovit gaudia pompis Aldh. VirgV 1145; Dunstanus ‥ cenobii restaurationi ‥ egregiam curam ~it W. Malm. GP V 255; utrique animum ~it Ferr. Kinloss 14.
2 admovere v. amovere

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