Devoid of sense and motion.
Milton.
3. Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the
planets is from west to east.
In our proper motion we ascend.
Milton.
4. Change in the relative position of the parts of anything; action of
a machine with respect to the relative movement of its parts.
This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its motion.
Dr. H. More.
5. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse
to any action; internal activity.
Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his heart, knowing
that every such motion proceeds from God.
South.
6. A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress; esp., a
formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion to
adjourn.
Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion.
Shak.
7. (Law) 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. Mozley & W.
8. (Mus.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same
part or in groups of parts.
The independent motions of different parts sounding together
constitute counterpoint.
Grove.
Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale. Contrary motion
is that when parts move in opposite directions. Disjunct motion is
motion by skips. Oblique motion is that when one part is stationary
while another moves. Similar or direct motion is that when parts move
in the same direction.