Lewis & Short

ē-mŏvĕo (exmov-, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 59), mōvi, mōtum, 2 (perf. sync. emostis, Liv. 37, 53 fin.), v. a., to move out, move away, remove (mostly post-Aug.; esp. in Livy; not in Cic. and Caes.).

  1. I. Lit.: multitudinem e foro, Liv. 25, 1: plebem de medio, id. 6, 38: legatos curiā, id. 30, 23; cf.: milites aedificiis, 27, 3: aliquos senatu, id. 45, 15; and: postes cardine, Verg. A. 2, 493: Antiochum ultra juga Tauri, Liv. 37, 53 fin.; 38, 12; 42, 42; 50; cf.: aliquos cis Vulturnum, id. 26, 34: labias primores sensim, to protrude, Nigid. ap. Gell. 10, 4, 4: terram, to dig out, Col. 3, 13, 10; cf. solum, id. 3, 18, 1: muros fundamentaque, i. e. to shake, Verg. A. 2, 610; cf. pontum, i. e. to stir up, agitate, Sil. 17, 284.
  2. II. Trop.: SI MORBUS PESTILENTIAQUE EX AGRO ROMANO EMOTA ESSET, an old formula in Liv. 41, 21; cf.: suum nomen omne ex pectore, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 59: curas dictis, to drive away, expel (with pellere dolorem), Verg. A. 6, 382: mens emota, disturbed, Sen. ad Polyb. 37, 5.