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Mothery (mŭ�ẽr�), a. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, mother (in vinegar).
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Mothy (?), a. Infested with moths; moth-eaten. “An old mothy saddle.” Shak.
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Motif (?), n. [F.] Motive. [archaic]
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2. In literature and the fine arts, a salient feature or element of a composition or work; esp., the theme, or central or dominant feature; specif. (Music), a motive{3}. See also .
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This motif, of old things lost, is a favorite one for the serious ballade. R. M. Alden.
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The design . . . is . . . based on the peacock -- a motif favored by decorative artists of all ages. R. D. Benn.
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3. (Dressmaking) A decorative appliqué design or figure, as of lace or velvet, used in trimming; also, a repeated design.
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Motific (?), a. [L. motus motion (fr. movere to move) + facere to make.] Producing motion. [R.]
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Motile (?), a. [See .] 1. (Biol.) Exhibiting, or capable of, spontaneous movement; as, motile bacteria, motile protozoa, motile cilia, motile spores, etc.
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2. Producing motion; as, motile powers.
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Motile, n. (Psychol.) A person whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action, such as incipient pronunciation of words, muscular innervations, etc.
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Motility (?), n. [Cf. F. motilité.] (Physiol.) Capability of motion; contractility.
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Motion (?), n. [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to move. See .] 1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed to rest.
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Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace
attends thee, and each word, each motion, forms. Milton.
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2. Power of, or capacity for, motion.
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Devoid of sense and motion. Milton.
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3. Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east.
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In our proper motion we ascend. Milton.
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4. Change in the relative position of the parts of anything; action of a machine with respect to the relative movement of its parts.
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This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its motion. Dr. H. More.
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5. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
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Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from God. South.
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6. A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress; esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion to adjourn.
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Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion. Shak.
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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.
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8. (Mus.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts.
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The independent motions of different parts sounding together constitute counterpoint. Grove.
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☞ 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.
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9. A puppet show or puppet. [Obs.]
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What motion's this? the model of Nineveh? Beau. & Fl.
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☞ Motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound. Coloq. Simple motions are: (a) straight translation, which, if of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. (b) Simple rotation, which may be either continuous or reciprocating, and when reciprocating is called oscillating. (c) Helical, which, if of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. Coloq. Compound motion consists of combinations of any of the simple motions.
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Coloq. Center of motion , Coloq. Harmonic motion , etc. See under , , etc. -- Coloq. Motion block (Steam Engine), a crosshead. -- Coloq. Perpetual motion (Mech.), an incessant motion conceived to be attainable by a machine supplying its own motive forces independently of any action from without. According to the law of conservation of energy, such perpetual motion is impossible, and no device has yet been built that is capable of perpetual motion.
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Syn. -- See .
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Motion, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Motioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Motioning.] 1. To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat.
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2. To make proposal; to offer plans. [Obs.] Shak.
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Motion, v. t. 1. To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head; as, to motion one to a seat.
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2. To propose; to move. [Obs.]
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I want friends to motion such a matter. Burton.
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motional adj. of or pertaining to motion.
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Motioner (?), n. One who makes a motion; a mover. Udall.
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Motionist, n. A mover. [Obs.]
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Motionless, a. Without motion; being at rest.
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Motion picture. 1. A series of pictures on a strip of film, taken at regular intervals in rapid succession (now usually 24 frames per second for ordinary work) by a special camera, intended to capture the image of objects in motion.
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2. the display of the images captured on a {1}, presented to the eye in very rapid succession by projection from a special apparatus (a ), with shows some or all of the objects in the picture represented in changing positions, producing, by persistence of vision, the optical effect of a continuous picture in which the objects appear to move as they did in the original scene.
Syn. -- movie, moving picture, flick. [Webster Suppl. +PJC]

3. The conceptual or informational content of a {1}; the actions or events represented in a {1}; the story line of a movie. “One of the great punch lines in motion picture history is ‘Round up the usual suspects.' from ‘Casablanca'.” [PJC]

Motivate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. -vated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. -vating (?).] [From , n.] To provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite. -- Motivation (#), n. William James.
Syn. -- move, prompt, incite, induce impel, drive.
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motivated adj. Having a strong motive; -- of people. Opposite of unmotivated. [Narrower terms: driven, impelled]
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motivating motivative adj. causing motion or impelling to action; providing a motive{2}; as, motivating arguments.
Syn. -- motive(prenominal).
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It may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function Arthur Pap

motivation n. 1. The act or process of motivating.
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2. The mental process that arouses an organism to action; as, a large part of a teacher's job is to give students the motivation to learn on their own.
Syn. -- motive, need.
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3. The goal or mental image of a goal that creates a motivation{2}; as, the image of a peaceful world is a powerful motivation for only a rare few individuals.
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Motive (?), n. [F. motif, LL. motivum, from motivus moving, fr. L. movere, motum, to move. See .] 1. That which moves; a mover. [Obs.] Shak.
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2. That which incites to action; anything prompting or exciting to choise, or moving the will; cause; reason; inducement; object; motivation{2}.
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By motive, I mean the whole of that which moves, excites, or invites the mind to volition, whether that be one thing singly, or many things conjunctively. J. Edwards.
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3. (Mus.) The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is develpoed. See also Leading motive, under . [Written also motivo.]
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4. (Fine Arts) That which produces conception, invention, or creation in the mind of the artist in undertaking his subject; the guiding or controlling idea manifested in a work of art, or any part of one.
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Syn. -- Incentive; incitement; inducement; reason; spur; stimulus; cause. -- , , . Motive is the word originally used in speaking of that which determines the choice. We call it an inducement when it is attractive in its nature. We call it a reason when it is more immediately addressed to the intellect in the form of argument.
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Motive, a. Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power. “Motive faculty.” Bp. Wilkins.
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Coloq. Motive power (Mach.), a natural agent, as water, steam, wind, electricity, etc., used to impart motion to machinery; a motor; a mover.
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Motive (?), v. t. To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
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Motiveless, a. Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive. -- Motivelessness, n. G. Eliot.
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Motivity (?), n. [See , n.] 1. The power of moving or producing motion.
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2. The quality of being influenced by motives. [R.]
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Motivo (?), n. [It. See , n.] See , n., 3, 4.
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Motley (?), a. [OE. mottelee, motle; cf. OF. mattelé clotted, curdled, OF, ciel mattonné a mottled sky, mate, maton, curdled milk, Prov. G. matte curd. Cf. .] 1. Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.
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2. Wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See , n., 1. “A motley fool.” Shak.
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3. Composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley style. Byron.
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Motley, n. 1. A combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool. Chaucer. “Motley 's the only wear.” Shak.
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2. Hence, a jester, a fool. [Obs.] Shak.
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Coloq. Man of motley , a fool. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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motley collection, n. A collection of objects of various kinds; a hodgepodge; a medley; a confused mixture; an omnium gatherum.
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Motley-minded (?), a. Having a mind of a jester; foolish. Shak.
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Motmot (?), n. [Cf. .] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of the species the two long middle tail feathers are racket-shaped at the tip, when mature. The bird itself is said by some writers to trim them into this shape. They feed on insects, reptiles, and fruit, and are found from Mexico to Brazil. The name is derived from its note. [Written also momot.]
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Moto (?), n. [It.] (Mus.) Movement; manner of movement; particularly, movement with increased rapidity; -- used especially in the phrase con moto, directing to a somewhat quicker movement; as, andante con moto, a little more rapidly than andante, etc.
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Motograph (?), n. [L. movere, motum, to move + -graph.] (Elec.) A device utilized in the making of a loud-speaking telephone, depending on the fact that the friction between a metallic point and a moving cylinder of moistened chalk, or a moving slip of paper, on which it rests is diminished by the passage of a current between the point and the moving surface. [obsolescent] -- Motographic (#), a.
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Moton (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Anc. Armor) A small plate covering the armpit in armor of the 14th century and later.
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Motor (?), n. [L., fr. movere, motum, to move.] 1. One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.
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2. (Mach.) A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work.
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3. A motor car; an automobile. [archiac Colloq.]
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{ Motor (?), Motory (?), Motorial (?), } a. [L. motorius that has motion. See , n.] Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; -- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion.
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motorboat n. a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine driving propellers immersed in the water.
Syn. -- powerboat.
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motorbus n. a road vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; an omnibus.
Syn. -- bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorcoach, omnibus.
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motorcade n. a procession of people traveling in motor cars.
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{ Motor car, or Motorcar }, n. 1. An automobile, locomobile, or locomotive designed to run and be steered on a street or roadway; esp., an automobile specially designed for passengers and propelled by an internal combustion engine.
Syn. -- car, auto, automobile, machine.
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2. (Elec. Railroads) Any car containing motors for propulsion. [U. S.]
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Motorbike, n. 1. a light two-wheeled vehicle containing a motor for propulsion. It is lighter in construction and has a lower speed than a .
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2. Specifically: a small motorcycle with a low frame and small weels and elevated handlebars.
Syn. -- minibike.
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3. Specifically: a bicyle with a motor attached for propulsion.
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motorcoach n. a .
Syn. -- bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, omnibus.
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{ motorcycle, or motor cycle }, n. A two-wheeled vehicle having a motor attached so as to be self-propelled. In common usage, a motorcycle is of heavier construction with larger wheels, a more powerful motor, and a higher maximum speed than a . A motorcycle may have a small appended compartment called a sidecar, supported by a third wheel, which can carry a passenger.
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In Great Britain as of the term motor cycle was treated by statute (3 Ed VII. c. 36) as limited to motor cars (self-propelled vehicles) designed to travel on not more than three wheels, and weighing unladen (that is, without water, fuel, or accumulators necessary for propulsion) not more than three hundred weight (336 lbs.).
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motorcycle v. i. to ride a motorcycle.
Syn. -- cycle.
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motorcycling n. The process of riding a motocycle.
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2. travel on a motorcycle.
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motorcyclist, n. A person who rides a motorcycle.
Syn. -- biker, cyclist.
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motor-driven, a. (Mach.) Driven or actuated by a motor, esp. by an individual electric motor. An electric motor forms an integral part of many machine tools in numerous modern machine shops.
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motored adj. equipped with a motor or motors; motorized. Opposite of unmotorized. [Narrower terms: bimotored; trimotored ]
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Motor generator. The combination consisting of a generator and a driving motor mechanically connected, usually on a common bedplate and with the two shafts directly coupled or combined into a single shaft.
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Motoring (?), n. the act or recreation of riding in or driving a motor car or automobile.
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Motoring, a. Pertaining to motor cars or automobiles, or to the technology of such; addicted to riding in or driving automobiles; as, motoring parlance; my motoring friend.
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motorisation n. motorization. [Chiefly Brit.]
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Motorise (mōtẽrīz), v. t. same as . [Brit.]
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motorization n. the act of motorizing (equiping with motors or with motor vehicles).
Syn. -- motorisation.
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Motorize (mōtẽrīz), v. t. [Motor + -ize.] 1. To substitute motor-driven vehicles, or automobiles, for the horses and horse-drawn vehicles of (a fire department, city, etc.). [archaic] -- Motorization (#), n.
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2. to equip (a piece of machinery) with a motor.
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3. to provide with automobiles or other motor vehicles; as, a motorized army division.
Syn. -- mechanize.
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motorized adj. 1. same as ; as, a motorized wheelchair. Opposite of unmotorized. [Narrower terms: bimotored ; trimotored ]
Syn. -- motored.
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2. Equipped with vehicles to permit rapid movement from place to place.
Syn. -- mechanized.
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motorless adj. having no motor. Opposite of motorized.
Syn. -- unmotorized.
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Motorman (?), n. 1. A man who controls a motor. [archaic]
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2. an operator of a motor vehicle, especially of a streetcar or subway train.
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Motormouth (?), n. a person who talks excessively. [derogatory]
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Motorpathic (?), a. Of or pertaining to motorpathy.
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Motorpathy (?), n. [L. motor a mover + Gr. �, �, to suffer.] (Med.) same as .
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Motte (?), n. [Cf. F. motte a clod, clump, or hillock.] A clump of trees in a prairie. [Local, U.S.]
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Mottle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mottled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mottling (?).] [From .] To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
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Mottle, n. A mottled appearance.
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Mottled (?), a. [From .] Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted; as, mottled wood. “The mottled meadows.” Drayton.
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mottling n. 1. the act of coloring with areas of different shades.
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2. A mottled pattern.
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Motto (?), n.; pl. Mottoes (#). [It. motto a word, a saying, L. muttum a mutter, a grunt, cf. muttire, mutire, to mutter, mumble; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. a word.] 1. (Her.) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievment.
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2. A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
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It was the motto of a bishop eminent for his piety and good works, . . . “Serve God, and be cheerful.” Addison.
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Mottoed (?), a. Bearing or having a motto; as, a mottoed coat or device.
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Motty (?), a. Full of, or consisting of, motes. [Written also mottie.] [Scot.]
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The motty dust reek raised by the workmen. H. Miller.
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Mouchoir (m�shwär), n. [F.] A handkerchief.
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Mouezzin (?), n. [F.] See .
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Mouflon (?), n. [F. mouflon.] (Zoöl.) A wild sheep (Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also musimon or musmon. [Written also moufflon.]
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Mought (mout), obs. imp. of . Might.
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Mouillation (?), n. [See .] (Phon.) The act of uttering the sound of a mouillé letter.
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Mouillé (?), a. [F., lit., wet.] (Phon.) Applied to certain consonants having a “liquid” or softened sound; e. g., in French, l or ll and gn (like the lli in million and ni in minion); in Italian, gl and gn; in Spanish, ll and ñ; in Portuguese, lh and nh.
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{ Mould (mōlt), Moulder (mōldẽr), Mouldy (mōld�), etc. } See , , , etc.
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moulding n. 1. a sculpture produced by molding.
Syn. -- mold, mould, molding, modeling, clay sculpture.
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2. a decorative recessed or relieved surface.
Syn. -- molding, border.
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3. a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing.
Syn. -- molding.
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4. a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied.
Syn. -- modeling, molding.
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Moule (mōl), v. i. [OE. moulen. See .] To contract mold; to grow moldy; to mold. [Obs.]
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Let us not moulen thus in idleness. Chaucer.
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{ Mouline (?), Moulinet (?), } n. [F. moulinet, orig., a little mill, dim. of moulin mill. See .] 1. The drum upon which the rope is wound in a capstan, crane, or the like.
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2. A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.
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3. In sword and saber exercises, a circular swing of the weapon.
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Moult (mōlt), v. & n. See .
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Moulten (mōlt'n), a. Having molted. [Obs.] “A moulten raven.” Shak.
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Moun (moun), v., pl. of , may. [Obs.] Wyclif.
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Mounch (mounch), v. t. To munch. [Obs.]
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Mound (mound), n. [F. monde the world, L. mundus. See .] A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe.
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Mound, n. [OE. mound, mund, protection, AS. mund protection, hand; akin to OHG. munt, Icel. mund hand, and prob. to L. manus. See .] An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embarkment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also, a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
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To thrid the thickets or to leap the mounds. Dryden.
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Coloq. Mound bird . (Zoöl.) See in the vocabulary. -- Coloq. Mound builders (Ethnol.), the tribe, or tribes, of North American aborigines who built, in former times, extensive mounds of earth, esp. in the valleys of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Formerly they were supposed to have preceded the Indians, but later investigations go to show that they were, in general, identical with the tribes that occupied the country when discovered by Europeans. -- Coloq. Mound maker (Zoöl.), any one of the . See also in the vocabulary. -- Coloq. Shell mound , a mound of refuse shells, collected by aborigines who subsisted largely on shellfish. See , and .
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Mound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Mounding.] To fortify or inclose with a mound.
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moundbird, mound bird n. (Zoöl.) Any of several large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia, which build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs. Called also mound builder, mound maker, megapode, brush turkey, and scrub fowl.
Syn. -- megapode, mound builder, scrub fowl, brush turkey.
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Mount (mount), n. [OE. munt, mont, mount, AS. munt, fr. L. mons, montis; cf. L. minae protections, E. eminent, menace: cf. F. mont. Cf. , v., , , , .] 1. A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry.
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2. A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound. [Obs.]
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Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem. Jer. vi. 6.
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3. [See .] A bank; a fund.
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4. (Palmistry) Any one of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand which are taken as significant of the influence of “planets,” and called the mounts of Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, the Moon, Saturn, the Sun or Apollo, and Venus.
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Coloq. Mount of piety . See .
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Mount, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mounted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mounting.] [OE. mounten, monten, F. monter, fr. L. mons, montis, mountain. See , n. (above).] 1. To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.
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Though Babylon should mount up to heaven. Jer. li. 53.
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The fire of trees and houses mounts on high. Cowley.
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2. To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding.
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3. To attain in value; to amount.
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Bring then these blessings to a strict account,
Make fair deductions, see to what they mount. Pope.
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Mount, v. t. 1. To get upon; to ascend; to climb; as, to mount the pulpit and deliver a sermon.
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Shall we mount again the rural throne? Dryden.
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2. To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride.
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3. To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses. “To mount the Trojan troop.” Dryden.
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4. Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc.; as, to mount a picture or diploma in a frame
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5. To raise aloft; to lift on high.
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What power is it which mounts my love so high? Shak.
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☞ A fort or ship is said to mount cannon, when it has them arranged for use in or about it.
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Coloq. To mount guard (Mil.), to go on guard; to march on guard; to do duty as a guard. -- Coloq. To mount a play , to prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc., used in the play.
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Mount, n. [From , v.] That upon which a person or thing is mounted, especially: (a) A horse.
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She had so good a seat and hand, she might be trusted with any mount. G. Eliot.
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(b) The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like is mounted; a mounting.
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Mountable (?), a. Such as can be mounted.
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Mountain (?), n. [OE. mountaine, montaine, F. montagne, LL. montanea, montania, fr. L. mons, montis, a mountain; cf. montanus belonging to a mountain. See 1st .] 1. A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an eminence higher than a hill; a mount.
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2. pl. A range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the White Mountains.
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3. A mountainlike mass; something of great bulk; a large quantity.
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I should have been a mountain of mummy. Shak.
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Coloq. The Mountain (La montagne) (French Hist.), a popular name given in 1793 to a party of extreme Jacobins in the National Convention, who occupied the highest rows of seats.
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