Lectionary Calendar
Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!

Bible Dictionaries
Motion

Webster's Dictionary

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Prev Entry
Motility
Next Entry
Motion Picture
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

(1):

(n.) A puppet show or puppet.

(2):

(n.) Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.

(3):

(n.) Power of, or capacity for, motion.

(4):

(n.) Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east.

(5):

(v. i.) To make proposal; to offer plans.

(6):

(v. t.) To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head; as, to motion one to a seat.

(7):

(v. t.) To propose; to move.

(8):

(n.) The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; - opposed to rest.

(9):

(n.) Change in the relative position of the parts of anything; action of a machine with respect to the relative movement of its parts.

(10):

(n.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts.

(11):

(n.) A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress; esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion to adjourn.

(12):

(n.) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.

(13):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Motion'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/motion.html. 1828.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile