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2. Power of, or capacity for,
motion.

Devoid of sense and motion.

3. Direction of movement; course; tendency;
as, the motion of the planets is from west to east.

In our proper motion we ascend.

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.

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.

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.


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