Syn. -- To stir; agitate; trouble; affect; persuade; influence;
actuate; impel; rouse; prompt; instigate; incite; induce; incline;
propose; offer.
Move, 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.
The foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he
was wroth.
Ps. xviii. 7.
On the green bank I sat and listened long, . . . Nor till her lay
was ended could I move.
Dryden.
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. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To change the place of a piece in accordance
with the rules of the game.
Move (?), n. 1. The act of moving; a movement.
2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) 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.
To make a move. (a) To take some action. (b) To move a piece, as in a
game. -- To be on the move, to bustle or stir about. [Colloq.]
Move`less, a. Motionless; fixed. "Moveless as a tower." Pope.
Move"ment (?), n. [F. mouvement. See Move, and cf. Moment.] 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.