(transitive) to move / (transitive) to initiate (a hostile action, war, criticism, etc.) / (transitive, rare) to operate (a mechanism) / (transitive, figurative, literary) to move emotionally / (intransitive) to move (in chess or checkers) [auxiliary avere] / (intransitive) to proceed, to move [auxiliary essere or avere] / (intransitive) to start moving (of a fleet, etc.), to start (of a path, etc.) [+ da (object) = from] [auxiliary essere or avere] / (intransitive, figurative) to derive, to originate [+ da (object) = from] [auxiliary essere or avere]