Definition of motion

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

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Stagnate :: Stagnate (v. t.) To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room..
Wink :: Wink (v. i.) To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only..
Quiver :: Quiver (v. i.) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
Apoplexy :: Apoplexy (n.) Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain..
Dismiss :: Dismiss (v. t.) To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court..
Amotion :: Amotion (n.) Deprivation of possession.
Sentimental :: Sentimental (a.) Addressed or pleasing to the emotions only, usually to the weaker and the unregulated emotions..
Uropod :: Uropod (n.) Any one of the abdominal appendages of a crustacean, especially one of the posterior ones, which are often larger than the rest, and different in structure, and are used chiefly in locomotion. See Illust. of Crustacea, and Stomapoda..
Motion :: Motion (n.) Power of, or capacity for, motion..
Heat :: Heat (v. t.) To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
Beck :: Beck (v. t.) To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to..
Fit :: Fit (n.) A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or insction; an impulse and irregular action..
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..
Antecedence :: Antecedence (n.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.
Wind :: Wind (n.) Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows..
Blood :: Blood (n.) Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions.
Director :: Director (n.) A slender grooved instrument upon which a knife is made to slide when it is wished to limit the extent of motion of the latter, or prevent its injuring the parts beneath..
Helicoid :: Helicoid (n.) A warped surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line shall have a uniform motion in the direction of another fixed straight line, and at the same time a uniform angular motion about it..
Feeble :: Feeble (superl.) Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion..
Speed :: Speed (n.) The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel..
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