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Moth"y (?), a. Infested with
moths; moth-eaten. "An old mothy saddle."
Shak.

Mo"tif (?), n. [F.]
Motive.

Mo*tif"ic (?), a. [L. motus
motion (fr. movere to move) + facere to make.]
Producing motion. [R.]

Mo"tile (?), a. [See Motive.]
1. (Biol.) Having powers of self-motion,
though unconscious; as, the motile spores of certain
seaweeds.

2. Producing motion; as, motile
powers.

Mo*til"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F.
motilité.] (Physiol.) Capability of motion;
contractility.

Mo"tion (?), n. [F., fr. L.
motio, fr. movere, motum, to move. See
Move.] 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.

Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace

attends thee, and each word, each motion, forms.


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