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Moved Enid out to accommodate the child (6)

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I believe the answer is:

inched

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'moved' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'enid out to accommodate the child' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'to accommodate' is an insertion indicator.
'the child' becomes 'ch' (abbreviation for child).
'enid' with letters rearranged gives 'ined'.
'ined' going around 'ch' is 'INCHED'.

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(Other definitions for inched that I've seen before include "Moved by slow degrees" , "Moved in small increments" , "Moved along very slowly" , "Moved gradually" .)

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