Definition of motion

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Motion (v. i.) To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat..

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Automaton :: Automaton (v. i.) Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action.
Eccentric :: Eccentric (a.) Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center or from true circular motion..
Turmoil :: Turmoil (v. t.) To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.
Levation :: Levation (n.) The act of raising; elevation; upward motion, as that produced by the action of a levator muscle..
Rest :: Rest (n.) To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion..
Post :: Post (v. t.) To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like..
Solstice :: Solstice (v. i.) The point in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest from the equator, north or south, namely, the first point of the sign Cancer and the first point of the sign Capricorn, the former being the summer solstice, latter the winter solstice, in northern latitudes; -- so called because the sun then apparently stands still in its northward or southward motion..
Drop :: Drop (n.) To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy..
Move :: Move (v. t.) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion..
Block :: Block (v. t.) A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles..
Motion :: Motion (v. i.) To make proposal; to offer plans.
Follower :: Follower (n.) The part of a machine that receives motion from another part. See Driver.
Remotion :: Remotion (n.) The act of removing; removal.
Weaving :: Weaving (n.) An incessant motion of a horse's head, neck, and body, from side to side, fancied to resemble the motion of a hand weaver in throwing the shuttle..
Ephemerist :: Ephemerist (n.) One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets.
Impel :: Impel (v. t.) To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way.
Link :: Link (n.) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained..
Steerer :: Steerageway (n.) A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm.
Pathematic :: Pathematic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, emotion or suffering..
Statical :: Statical (a.) Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as, statical pressure; static objects..
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