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.
Mov"a*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being movable; mobility;
susceptibility of motion.
Mov"a*bly, adv. In a movable manner or condition.
Move (mv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moved (mvd); 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. mv, p. p. mta, 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.
2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) 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.
Minds desirous of revenge were not moved with gold.
Knolles.
No female arts his mind could move.
Dryden.
4. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to
tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an
emotion. Shak.
When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them.
Matt. ix. 36.
[The use of images] in orations and poetry is to move pity or
terror.
Felton.
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.
Let me but move one question to your daughter.
Shak.
They are to be blamed alike who move and who decline war upon
particular respects.
Hayward.