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▸ verb: (intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act
▸ verb: (intransitive) 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.
▸ verb: (transitive, ergative) 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
▸ verb: (transitive, chess, board games) To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.
▸ verb: (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
▸ verb: (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
▸ verb: (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To bow or salute upon meeting.
▸ verb: (transitive, business) To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).
▸ verb: (transitive, programming) To transfer the value of one object in memory to another efficiently (i.e., without copying it in entirety).
▸ noun: The act of moving; a movement.
▸ noun: An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
▸ noun: A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
▸ noun: The event of changing one's residence.
▸ noun: A change in strategy.
▸ noun: A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
▸ noun: (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
▸ noun: (board games, usually in the plural) A round, in which each player has a turn.
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check,
capture,
pawn,
castle,
fork,
forklift,
pin,
smothered mate,
discovered check,
discovered attack,
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