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2. To propose; to move. [Obs.]

I want friends to motion such a
matter.

Mo"tion*er (?), n. One who makes a
motion; a mover. Udall.

Mo"tion*ist, n. A mover.
[Obs.]

Mo"tion*less, a. Without motion;
being at rest.

Mo"tive (?), n. [F. motif, LL.
motivum, from motivus moving, fr. L. movere,
motum, to move. See Move.] 1. That
which moves; a mover. [Obs.] Shak.

2. That which incites to action; anything
prompting or exciting to choise, or moving the will; cause; reason;
inducement; object.

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.

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.


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