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n. Liability to be removed or dismissed from office. [ R. ] T. Jefferson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. amovible. ] Removable. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. amovere; a- (ab) + movere to move: cf. OF. amover. ] 1. To remove, as a person or thing, from a position. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To dismiss from an office or station. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ OE. amovir, L. admovere to move to, to excite; ad + movere. ] To move or be moved; to excite. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Commoved p. pr. & vb. n. Commoving. ] [ L. commovere, commotum; com- + movere to move. ] 1. To urge; to persuade; to incite. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put in motion; to disturb; to unsettle. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Straight the sands,
Commoved around, in gathering eddies play. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To move in a contrary direction to. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. } A movement in opposition to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ For emove: cf. F. émouvoir, L. emovere. See Emotion. ] To move; to rouse; to excite. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To move. [ Obs. ] Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Emmove. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ethmoid + vomerine. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the region of the vomer and the base of the ethmoid in the skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ethmovomerine plate (Anat.), a cartilaginous plate beneath the front of the fetal brain which the ethmoid region of the skull is developed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being immovable; fixedness; steadfastness; as, immovability of a heavy body; immovability of purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Immovable, infixed, and frozen round. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remains immovable. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Immovable apparatus (Med.), an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in place. --
Immovable feasts (Eccl.), feasts which occur on a certain day of the year and do not depend on the date of Easter; as, Christmas, the Epiphany, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which can not be moved. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Civil Law) Lands and things adherent thereto by nature, as trees; by the hand of man, as buildings and their accessories; by their destination, as seeds, plants, manure, etc.; or by the objects to which they are applied, as servitudes. Ayliffe. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being immovable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an immovable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not amovable or removable. [ R. ] Palgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. moving or directed toward the center or axis, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quality or state of being irremovable; immovableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not removable; immovable; inflexible. Shak. -- Ir`re*mov"a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. Absence of removal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Movableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. movable. See Move. ] 1. Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine. [ Also spelled moveable. ]
Syn. -- transferable, transferrable, transportable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year. [ 1913 Webster ]

Movable letter (Heb. Gram.), a letter that is pronounced, as opposed to one that is quiescent. --
Movable feast (Ecclesiastical), a holy day that changes date, depending on the lunar cycle. An example of such a day is Easter. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n.; pl. Movables 1. An article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture. [ Also spelled moveable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Furnished with the most rich and princely movables. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Rom. Law) Property not attached to the soil. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word is not convertible with personal property, since rents and similar incidents of the soil which are personal property by our law are immovables by the Roman law. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being movable; mobility; susceptibility of motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a movable manner or condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Moved p. pr. & vb. n. Moving. ] [ OE. moven, OF. moveir, F. mouvoir, L. movere; cf. Gr. 'amei`bein to change, exchange, go in or out, quit, Skr. mīv, p. p. mūta, to move, push. Cf. Emotion, Mew to molt, Mob, Mutable, Mutiny. ] 1. To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another on a playing board, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Minds desirous of revenge were not moved with gold. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

No female arts his mind could move. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them. Matt. ix. 36. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The use of images ] in orations and poetry is to move pity or terror. Felton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let me but move one question to your daughter. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

They are to be blamed alike who move and who decline war upon particular respects. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To apply to, as for aid. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To stir; agitate; trouble; affect; persuade; influence; actuate; impel; rouse; prompt; instigate; incite; induce; incline; propose; offer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves rapidly. [ 1913 Webster ]

The foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. Ps. xviii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

On the green bank I sat and listened long, . . .
Nor till her lay was ended could I move. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of moving; a movement. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game; also, the opportunity or obligation to so move a piece; one's turn; as, you can only borrow from the bank in Monopoly when it's your move. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make a move. (a) To take some action toward a goal, usually one involving interaction with other people. (b) To move a piece, as in a game. --
To be on the move, to bustle or stir about. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

adj. movable.
Syn. -- , transferable, transferrable, transportable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pred. adj. affected emotionally. Opposite of unmoved. Also See affected, emotional. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Motionless; fixed. “Moveless as a tower.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mouvement. See Move, and cf. Moment. ] 1. The act of moving in space; change of place or posture; motion; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or sudden, movement. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Transference, by any means, from one situation to another; a change of situation; progress toward a goal; advancement; as, after months of fruitless discussion there was finally some movement toward an agreement. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

4. Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mus.) (a) The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece. “Any change of time is a change of movement.” Busby. (b) One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a symphony. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mech.) A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch; as, a seventeen jewel movement. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A more or less organized effort by many people to achieve some goal, especially a social or artistic goal; as, the women's liberation movement; the progressive movement in architecture. [ PJC ]

Febrile movement (Med.), an elevation of the body temperature; a fever. --
Movement cure. (Med.) See Kinesiatrics. --
Movement of the bowels, an evacuation or stool; a passage or discharge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Motion. -- Movement, Motion. Motion expresses a general idea of not being at rest; movement is oftener used to express a definite, regulated motion, esp. a progress. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. movens, p. pr. of movere. See Move. ] Moving. [ R. ] Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which moves anything. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A person or thing that moves, stirs, or changes place. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person or thing that imparts motion, or causes change of place; a motor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who, or that which, excites, instigates, or causes movement, change, etc.; as, movers of sedition. [ 1913 Webster ]

These most poisonous compounds,
Which are the movers of a languishing death. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A proposer; one who offers a proposition, or recommends anything for consideration or adoption; as, the mover of a resolution in a legislative body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A motion picture.
Syn. -- film, picture, moving picture, motion picture, picture show, flick. [ PJC ]

2. A motion picture show; the event of showing a motion picture. In the pl., the event of showing a motion picture at a movie theater; as, to go to the movies; to spend an evening at the movies. [ PJC ]

3. pl. The motion picture industry or medium, generally. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a moving car, or power. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exciting movement of the mind or feelings; adapted to move the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic; as, a moving appeal. [ 1913 Webster ]

I sang an old moving story. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moving force (Mech.), a force that accelerates, retards, or deflects the motion of a body. --
Moving plant (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Desmodium gyrans); -- so called because its leaflets have a distinct automatic motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of changing place or posture; esp., the act of changing one's dwelling place or place of business. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moving day, a day when one moves; esp., a day when a large number of tenants change their dwelling place. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a moving manner. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The power of moving. [ 1913 Webster ]

. same as motion picture. [ PJC ]

adj. Not moving. Opposite of moving. [ Narrower terms: at rest, inactive, motionless, static, still; becalmed ; dead(prenominal), stagnant, standing(prenominal), still; frozen(predicate), rooted(predicate), stock-still ; inert ; sitting ; slack ; stationary ; immobile, unmoving ] Also See: immobile. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. moving or directed away from center, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ See Promote. ] To move forward; to advance; to promote. [ Obs. ] Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A promoter. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Admitting of being removed. Ayliffe. -- Re*mov`a*bil"i*ty n. [1913 Webster]

n. The act of removing, or the state of being removed. [ 1913 Webster ]