The act of moving; the act of transferring from place to place, as in chess.
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1. To change place or posture; to stir; to pass or go in any manner or direction from one place or part of space to another. The planets move in their orbits; the earth moves on its axis; a ship moves at a certain rate an hour. We move by walking, running or turning; animals move by creeping, swimming or flying.
2. On the green bank I sat and listened long,
3. Nor till her lay was ended could I move
4. To have action.
5. In him we live, and move and have our being. Acts 17:28 .
6. To have the power of action.
7. Every moving thing that liveth, shall be meat for you.
8. Genesis 9:1 .
9. To walk.
10. He moves with manly grace.
11. To march. The army moved and took a position behind a wood.
14. To change residence. Men move with their families from one house, town or state to another.
1. moov. [Latin moveo.]
2. To impel; to carry, convey or draw from one place to another; to cause to change place or posture in any manner or by any means. The wind moves a ship; the cartman moves goods; the horse moves a cart or carriage. Mere matter cannot move itself. Machines are moved by springs, weights, or force applied.
4. To cause to act or determine; as, to move the will.
5. To persuade; to prevail on; to excite from a state of rest or indifference.
7. But when no female arts his mind could move
9. To excite tenderness, pity or grief in the heart; to affect; to touch pathetically; to excite feeling in.
10. The use of images in orations and poetry is to move pity or terror.
11. When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them-- Matthew 9:36 .
15. To influence or incite by secret agency.
16. God moved them to depart from him. 2 Chronicles 18:31 . 2 Peter 1:21 .
18. The kingdoms were moved. Psalms 46:5 . Jeremiah 49:21 .
19. To propose; to offer for consideration and determination; as, to move a resolution in a deliberative assembly.
21. They are to be blamed alike who move and who decline war upon particular respects.
1. The act of moving; a movement.
2. The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game.
3. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
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.
2. To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.
3. To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another.
4. To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
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.
2. To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.
3. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
4. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion.
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.
6. To apply to, as for aid.
1. That cannot be moved; fixed.
Motionless; fixed.
1. Motion; a passing, progression, shaking, turning or flowing; any change of position in a material body; as the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine.
2. The manner of moving.
3. Excitement; agitation; as the movement of the mind.
4. In music, any single strain or part having the same measure or time.
5. Any change of time is a change of movement
1. The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine; the party of movement.
2. Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
3. Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or sudden, movement.
5. 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.
6. A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch.
That which moves any thing. [Little used.]
Moving.
That which moves anything.
1. The person or thing that gives motion or impels to action.
2. He or that which moves.
3. A proposer; one that offers a proposition, or recommends any thing for consideration or adoption; as the mover of a resolution in a legislative body.
1. A person or thing that moves, stirs, or changes place.
2. A person or thing that imparts motion, or causes change of place; a motor.
3. One who, or that which, excites, instigates, or causes movement, change, etc.; as, movers of sedition.
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.
Movers
Encyclopedia Britannica
MOVERS, Franz Karl (1806-1856), a German Orientalist, was born at Koesfeld 17th July 1806, studied at Münster, was consecrated priest in 1829, and was professor in the Catholic theological faculty at Breslau from 1839 to his death on 28th September 1856. He was one of the most learned Catholics of Germany, and his elaborate work on Phoenicia attained a high and in some respects an exaggerated reputation. It is a monument of great industry but of little judgment, and the progress of epigraphic studies has superseded much of the author’s material. The first volume in particular, which deals with the religion of the Phoenicians, may be viewed as quite out of date. Movers himself modified some of his views in his article “Phönizien” in Erseh and Gruber’s Encyklopddie. Of his other writings two Biblical studies were of some importance, viz., his Kritische Untersuchungen uber die ATliche Chronik (1834) and Latin essay on the two recensions of the text of Jeremiah (1837).
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 17, p. 7
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Beginning Roget’s Thesaurus §66
N. beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, inchoation, introduction, alpha, initial, inauguration, debut, le premier pas, embarcation, rising of the curtain, maiden speech, outbreak, onset, brunt, initiative, move, first move, narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge, fresh start, new departure, origin, source, rise, bud, germ, egg, rudiment, genesis, primogenesis, birth, nativity, cradle, infancy, start, inception, creation, starting point, dawn, evolution, title-page, head, heading, van, caption, fatihah, entrance, entry, inlet, orifice, mouth, chops, lips, porch, portal, portico, propylon, door, gate, gateway, postern, wicket, threshold, vestibule, propylaeum, skirts, border, first stage, first blush, first glance, first impression, first sight, rudiments, elements, outlines, grammar, alphabet, abce
V. begin, start, commence, conceive, open, dawn, set in, take its rise, enter upon, enter, set out, embark in, incept, initiate, launch, inaugurate, inchoate, rise, arise, originate, usher in, lead off, lead the way, take the lead, take the initiative, head, stand at the head, stand first, stand for, lay the foundations, found, set up, set on foot, agoing, set abroach, set the ball in motion, apply the match to a train, broach, open up, open the door to, get underway, set about, get to work, set to work, set to, make a beginning, make a start, handsel, take the first step, lay the first stone, cut the first turf, break ground, break the ice, break cover, pass the rubicon, cross the rubicon, open fire, open the ball, ventilate, air, undertake, come into existence, come into the world, make one's debut, take birth, burst forth, break out, spring up, spring forth, crop up, pop up, appear, materialize, begin at the beginning, begin ab ovo, begin again, begin de novo, start afresh, make a fresh start, take it from the top, shuffle the cards, reshuffle the cards, resume, recommence
Adj. beginning, initial, initiatory, initiative, inceptive, introductory, incipient, proemial, inaugural, inchoate, inchoative, embryonic, rudimental, primogenial, primeval, primitive, primordial, aboriginal, natal, nascent, first, foremost, leading, maiden, begun, just begun
Adv. at the beginning, in the beginning, &c. n, first, in the first place, imprimis, first and foremost, in limine, in the bud, in embryo, in its infancy, from the beginning, from its birth, ab initio, ab ovo, ab incunabilis, ab origine
Phr. let's get going, let's get this show on the road, up and at 'em, aller anfang ist schwer, dimidium facti qui coepit habet, omnium rerum principia parva sunt
Motion Roget’s Thesaurus §264
N. motion, movement, move, going, unrest, stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir, evolution, kinematics, telekinesis, step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular velocity, clip, progress, locomotion, journey, voyage, transit, restlessness, mobility, movableness, motive power, laws of motion, mobilization
V. be in motion, move, go, hie, gang, budge, stir, pass, flit, hover about, hover round, hover about, shift, slide, glide, roll, roll on, flow, stream, run, drift, sweep along, wander, walk, change one's place, shift one's place, change one's quarters, shift one's quarters, dodge, keep going, keep moving, put in motion, set in motion, move, impel, propel, render movable, mobilize
Adj. moving, in motion, transitional, motory, motive, shifting, movable, mobile, mercurial, unquiet, restless, nomadic, erratic
Adv. under way, on the move, on the wing, on the tramp, on the march
Phr. eppur si muove, es bildet ein talent sich in der stille, sich ein charakter in dem strom der welt
Supposition Roget’s Thesaurus §514
N. supposition, assumption, assumed position, postulation, condition, presupposition, hypothesis, blue sky hypothesis, postulate, postulatum, theory, thesis, theorem, data, proposition, position, proposal, presumption, divination, conjecture, guess, guesswork, speculation, rough guess, shot, shot in the dark, conjecturality, surmise, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, estimate, approximation (nearness) 197, inkling, suggestion, hint, intimation, notion, impression, bare supposition, vague supposition, loose supposition, loose suggestion, association of ideas, (analogy) 514a, metonym, metonymy, simile (metaphor) 521, conceit, idea, thought, original idea, invention (imagination) 515
V. suppose, conjecture, surmise, suspect, guess, divine, theorize, presume, presurmise, presuppose, assume, fancy, wis, take it, give a guess, speculate, believe, dare say, take it into one's head, take for granted, imagine, put forth, propound, propose, start, put a case, submit, move, make a motion, hazard out, throw out a suggestion, put forward a suggestion, put forward conjecture, allude to, suggest, hint, put it into one's head, suggest itself, run in the head, marvel if, wonder if, wonder whether
Adj. supposing, given, mooted, postulatory, assumed, supposititious, suppositive, suppositious, gratuitous, speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, theoretical, academic, supposable, presumptive, putative, suppositional, suggestive, allusive
Adv. if, if so be, an, on the supposition, ex hypothesi, in the case, in the event of, quasi, as if, provided, perhaps, for aught one knows
Motive Roget’s Thesaurus §615
N. motive, springs of action, wellsprings of action, reason, ground, call, principle, by end, by purpose, mainspring, primum mobile, keystone, the why and the wherefore, pro and con, reason why, secret motive, arriere pensee, intention, inducement, consideration, attraction, loadstone, magnet, magnetism, magnetic force, allectation|, allective|, temptation, enticement, agacerie, allurement, witchery, bewitchment, bewitchery, charm, spell, fascination, blandishment, cajolery, seduction, seducement, honeyed words, voice of the tempter, song of the sirens forbidden fruit, golden apple, persuasibility, persuasibleness, attractability, impressibility, susceptibility, softness, persuasiveness, attractiveness, tantalization, influence, prompting, dictate, instance, impulse, impulsion, incitement, incitation, press, instigation, provocation, inspiration, persuasion, suasion, encouragement, advocacy, exhortation, advice, solicitation, lobbyism, pull*, incentive, stimulus, spur, fillip, whip, goad, ankus, rowel, provocative, whet, dram, bribe, lure, decoy, decoy duck, bait, trail of a red herring, bribery and corruption, sop, sop for cerberus, prompter, tempter, seducer, seductor, instigator, firebrand, incendiary, siren, circe, agent provocateur, lobbyist
V. induce, move, draw, draw on, bring in its train, give an impulse, to, inspire, put up to, prompt, call up, attract, beckon, stimulate, spirit up, inspirit, rouse, arouse, animate, incite, foment, provoke, instigate, set on, actuate, act upon, work upon, operate upon, encourage, pat on the back, pat on the shoulder, clap on the back, clap on the shoulder, influence, weigh with, bias, sway, incline, dispose, predispose, turn the scale, inoculate, lead by the nose, have influence with, have influence over, have influence upon, exercise influence with, exercise influence over, exercise influence upon, go round, come round one, turn the head, magnetize, lobby, persuade, prevail with, prevail upon, overcome, carry, bring round to one's senses, bring to one's senses, draw over, win over, gain over, come over, talk over, procure, enlist, engage, invite, court, tempt, seduce, overpersuade, entice, allure, captivate, fascinate, bewitch, carry away, charm, conciliate, wheedle, coax, lure, inveigle, tantalize, cajole, tamper with, bribe, suborn, grease the palm, bait with a silver hook, gild the pill, make things pleasant, put a sop into the pan, throw a sop to, bait the hook, enforce, force, impel, propel, whip, lash, goad, spur, prick, urge, egg on, hound, hurry on, drag, exhort, advise, call upon &c. press, advocate, set an example, set the fashion, keep in countenance, be persuaded &c, yield to temptation, come round, concede, obey a call, follow advice, follow the bent, follow the dictates of, act on principle
Adj. impulsive, motive, suasive, suasory, persuasive, persuasory, hortative, hortatory, protreptical|, inviting, tempting, &c. v, suasive, suasory, seductive, attractive, fascinating, provocative, induced, disposed, persuadable, spellbound, instinct with, smitten with, infatuated, inspired, by
Adv. because, therefore, from this motive, from that motive, for this reason, for that reason, for, by reason of, for the sake of, count of, out of, from, as, forasmuch as, for all the world, on principle
Phr. fax mentis incendium gloriae, "temptation hath a music for all ears" "to beguile many and be beguiled by one"
Undertaking Roget’s Thesaurus §676
N. undertaking, compact, adventure, venture, engagement, enterprise, emprise, pilgrimage, matter in hand, move, first move
V. undertake, engage in, embark in, launch into, plunge into, volunteer, apprentice oneself to, engage, contract, take upon oneself, take upon one's shoulders, devote oneself to, take up, take in hand, tackle, set about, go about, set to, fall to, set to work, launch forth, set up shop, put in hand, put in execution, set forward, break the neck of a business, be in, for, put one's hand to, put one's foot in, betake oneself to, turn one's hand to, go to do, begin, broach, institute &c. one's (originate) 153, put one's hand to the plow, lay one's hand to the plow, put one's shoulder to the wheel, have in hand, have many irons in the fire
Adj. undertaking, on the anvil
Int. here goes
Action Roget’s Thesaurus §680
N. action, performance, doing, &c. v, perpetration, exercise, excitation, movement, operation, evolution, work, labor, praxis, execution, procedure, handicraft, business, agency, deed, act, overt act, stitch, touch, gest transaction, job, doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow, coup, coup de main, coup d'etat, tour de force, feat, exploit, achievement, handiwork, workmanship, manufacture, stroke of policy, actor
V. do, perform, execute, achieve, transact, enact, commit, perpetrate, inflict, exercise, prosecute, carry on, work, practice, play, employ oneself, ply one's task, officiate, have in hand, labor, be at work, pursue a course, shape one's course, act, operate, take action, take steps, strike a blow, lift a finger, stretch forth one's hand, take in hand, put oneself in motion, put in practice, carry into execution, act upon, be an actor, take a part in, act a part in, play a part in, perform a part in, participate in, have a hand in, have a finger in the pie, have to do with, be a party to, be a participator in, bear a hand, lend a hand, pull an oar, run in a race, mix oneself up with, be in action, come into operation
Adj. doing, acting, in action, in harness, on duty, in operation
Adv. in the act, in the midst of, in the thick of, red-handed, in flagrante delicto, while one's hand is in
Phr. "action is eloquence", actions speak louder than words, actum aiunt ne agas, "awake, arise, or be forever fall'n", dii pia facta vident, faire sans dire, fare fac, fronte capillata post est occasio calva, "our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts", "the great end of life is not knowledge but action", "thought is the soul of act", vivre-ce nest pas respirer c'est agir, "we live in deeds not years"
Offer Roget’s Thesaurus §763
N. offer, proffer, presentation, tender, bid, overture, proposal, proposition, motion, invitation, candidature, offering
V. offer, proffer, present, tender, bid, propose, move, make a motion, make advances, start, invite, hold out, place in one's way, put forward, hawk about, offer for sale, press, lay at one's feet, offer oneself, present oneself, volunteer, come forward, be a candidate, stand for, bid for, seek, be at one's service, go a begging, bribe
Adj. offering, offered, in the market, for sale, to let, disengaged, on hire
Excitation Roget’s Thesaurus §824
N. excitation of feeling, mental excitement, suscitation, galvanism, stimulation, piquance, piquancy, provocation, inspiration, calling forth, infection, animation, agitation, perturbation, subjugation, fascination, intoxication, enravishment, entrancement, pressure, tension, high pressure, unction, impressiveness, trail of temper, casus belli, irritation, passion, thrill, repression of feeling, sensationalism, yellow journalism
V. excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect, stir the blood, fire the blood, warm the blood, set astir, wake, awake, awaken, call forth, evoke, provoke, raise up, summon up, call up, wake up, blow up, get up, light up, raise, get up the steam, rouse, arouse, stir, fire, kindle, enkindle, apply the torch, set on fire, inflame, stimulate, exsuscitate|, inspirit, spirit up, stir up, work up, pique, infuse life into, give new life to, bring new blood, introduce new blood, quicken, sharpen, whet, work upon, hurry on, give a fillip, put on one's mettle, fan the fire, fan the flame, blow the coals, stir the embers, fan into a flame, foster, heat, warm, foment, raise to a fever heat, keep up, keep the pot boiling, revive, rekindle, rake up, rip up, stir the feelings, play on the feelings, come home to the feelings, touch a string, touch a chord, touch the soul, touch the heart, go to one's heart, penetrate, pierce, go through one, touch to the quick, possess the soul, pervade the soul, penetrate the soul, imbrue the soul, absorb the soul, affect the soul, disturb the soul, absorb, rivet the attention, sink into the mind, sink into the heart, prey on the mind, distract, intoxicate, overwhelm, overpower, bouleverser, upset, turn one's head, fascinate, enrapture, agitate, perturb, ruffle, fluster, shake, disturb, startle, shock, stagger, give one a shock, give one a turn, strike all of a heap, stun, astound, electrify, galvanize, petrify, irritate, sting, cut to the heart, cut to the quick, try one's temper, fool to the top of one's bent, pique, infuriate, madden, make one's blood boil, lash into fury, be excited, flush up, flare up, catch the infection, thrill, mantle, work oneself up, seethe, boil, simmer, foam, fume, flame, rage, rave, run mad
Adj. excited, wrought up, up the qui vive, astir, sparkling, in a quiver, in a fever, in a ferment, in a blaze, in a state of excitement, in hysterics, black in the face, overwrought, tense, taught, on a razor's edge, hot, red-hot, flushed, feverish, all of a twitter, in a pucker, with quivering lips, with tears in one's eyes, flaming, boiling over, ebullient, seething, foaming at the mouth, fuming, raging, carried away by passion, wild, raving, frantic, mad, distracted, beside oneself, out of one's wits, ready to burst, bouleverse, demoniacal, lost, eperdu, tempest-tossed, haggard, ready to sink, stung to the quick, up, on one's high ropes, exciting, absorbing, riveting, distracting, impressive, warm, glowing, fervid, swelling, imposing, spirit-stirring, thrilling, high- wrought, soul-stirring, soul-subduing, heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, agonizing, telling, sensational, hysterical, overpowering, overwhelming, more than flesh and blood can bear, yellow, piquant, spicy, appetizing, provocative, provoquant, tantalizing, eager to go, anxious to go, chafing at the bit
Adv. till one is black in the face
Phr. the heart beating high, the heart going pitapat, the heart leaping into one's mouth, the blood being up, the blood boiling in one's veins, the eye glistening - "in a fine frenzy rolling", the head turned, "when the going gets tough, the tough get going"
Deity Roget’s Thesaurus §976
N. deity, divinity, godhead, godship, omnipotence, providence, heaven, divineness, divinity, god, lord, jehovah, jahweh, allah, the almighty, the supreme being, the first cause, the prime mover, ens entium, author of all things, creator of all things, author of our being, cosmoplast, el, the infinite, the eternal, the all-powerful, the all-wise, the all- merciful, the all-holy, infinite power, infinite wisdom, infinite goodness, infinite justice, infinite truth, infinite mercy, omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, unity, immutability, holiness, glory, majesty, sovereignty, infinity, eternity, the trinity, the holy trinity, the trinity in unity, the triune god, god the father son and holy ghost, god the father, the maker, the creator, the preserver, creation, preservation, divine government, theocracy, thearchy, providence, ways of providence, dealings of providence, dispensations of providence, visitations of providence, god the son, jesus, christ, the messiah, the anointed, the saviour, the redeemer, the mediator, the intercessor, the advocate, the judge, the son of god, the son of man, the son of david, the lamb of god, the word, logos, emmanuel, immanuel, the king of kings and lord of lords, the king of glory, the prince of peace, the good shepherd, the way, the truth, the life, the bread of life, the light of the world, the lord our, the sun of righteousness, "the pilot of the galilean lake", the incarnation, the hypostatic union, salvation, redemption, atonement, propitiation, mediation, intercession, judgment, god the holy ghost, the holy spirit, paraclete, the comforter, the spirit of truth, the dove, inspiration, unction, regeneration, sanctification, consolation, eon, aeon, special providence, deus ex machina, avatar
V. create, move, uphold, preserve, govern &c. atone, redeem, save, propitiate, mediate &c. predestinate, elect, call, ordain, bless, justify, sanctify, glorify &c
Adj. almighty, jure divino, holy, by divine right, hallowed, sacred, divine, heavenly, celestial, sacrosanct, all-knowing, all-seeing, all-wise, omniscient, superhuman, supernatural, ghostly, spiritual, hyperphysical, unearthly, theistic, theocratic, anointed, soterial
Phr. domine dirige nos, en dieu est ma fiance, et sceleratis sol oritur, "he mounts the storm and walks upon the wind", "thou great first cause, least understood", sans dieu rien
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123 KJV and 97 BSB verses contain “move” — showing the first 20. Show all 205 verses (searchable)
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.