[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

motion \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.
      1913 webster

            speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace
            attends thee, and each word, each motion, forms.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. power of, or capacity for, motion.
      1913 webster

            devoid of sense and motion.           --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of
      the planets is from west to east.
      1913 webster

            in our proper motion we ascend.       --milton.
      1913 webster

   4. change in the relative position of the parts of anything;
      action of a machine with respect to the relative movement
      of its parts.
      1913 webster

            this is the great wheel to which the clock owes its
            motion.                               --dr. h. more.
      1913 webster

   5. movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or
      impulse to any action; internal activity.
      1913 webster

            let a good man obey every good motion rising in his
            heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from
            god.                                  --south.
      1913 webster

   6. a proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress;
      esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly;
      as, a motion to adjourn.
      1913 webster

            yes, i agree, and thank you for your motion. --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   8. mus. change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in
      the same part or in groups of parts.
      1913 webster

            the independent motions of different parts sounding
            together constitute counterpoint.     --grove.
      1913 webster

   note: 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.
         1913 webster

   9. a puppet show or puppet. obs.
      1913 webster

            what motion's this? the model of nineveh? --beau. 
                                                  fl.
      1913 webster

   note: motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound.

   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.

   compound motion consists of combinations of any of the
      simple motions.
      1913 webster

   center of motion, harmonic motion, etc. see under
      center, harmonic, etc.

   motion block steam engine, a crosshead.

   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.
      1913 webster +pjc

   syn: see movement.
        1913 webster
see also:
move rest simple motions a b c 
compound motion center of motion harmonic motion center harmonic 
motion block perpetual motion movement 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

motion \mo"tion\, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to make proposal; to offer plans. obs. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
motioned motioning 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

motion \mo"tion\, v. t.
   1. to direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head;
      as, to motion one to a seat.
      1913 webster

   2. to propose; to move. obs.
      1913 webster

            i want friends to motion such a matter. --burton.
      1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

motion
     n 1: a natural event that involves a change in the position or
          location of something syn: movement
     2: the use of movements especially of the hands to
        communicate familiar or prearranged signals syn: gesture
     3: a change of position that does not entail a change of
        location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his
        surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient
        move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" syn: movement,
         move, motility
     4: a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion"
        ant: motionlessness
     5: a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly
        for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn";
        "she called for the question" syn: question
     6: the act of changing location from one place to another;
        "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement
        of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him
        directly in my path" syn: movement, move
     7: an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid
        succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the
        cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of
        flashing lights gave an illusion of movement" syn: apparent
        motion, apparent movement, movement
     v : show, express or direct through movement; "he gestured his
         desire to leave" syn: gesticulate, gesture
see also:
movement gesture move motility motionlessness question 
apparent motion apparent movement gesticulate 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

154 moby thesaurus words for "motion":
   zeitgeist, act, action, activeness, activism, activity, agitation,
   bearing, beck, beckon, bill, body language, business, calendar,
   carriage, change, charade, chironomy, clause, clockworks,
   commotion, commutation, companion bills amendment, course,
   crossing, current, dactylology, deaf-and-dumb alphabet, direction,
   doings, dragnet clause, drift, drive train, dumb show,
   enacting clause, escalator clause, flag, fluctuation, gait, gear,
   gesticulate, gesticulation, gesture, gesture language,
   glacial movement, globe-trotting, goad, going, goings-on,
   hand signal, hold-up bill, improper suggestion, impulse, incentive,
   indecent proposal, inducement, innards, instance, joker,
   journeying, kinesics, line, locomotion, machinery, main current,
   mainstream, measure, mechanism, militancy, mime, mobility,
   motility, motion to, motive, movability, move, movement, movements,
   moving, offering, omnibus bill, oscillation, pantomime, pass,
   passage, poise, political activism, pose, posture, power train,
   privileged question, procedure, proceeding, proceedings, process,
   progress, proposal, proposition, proviso, question, recommendation,
   request, resolution, rider, run, saving clause, saw the air,
   servomechanism, set, sexual advance, shift, shifting, shrug,
   shrug the shoulders, sign, sign language, signal, signalize,
   spring, spur, stance, step, stir, stirring, stream, submission,
   suggestion, sway, swing, tenor, the general tendency,
   the main course, time spirit, tone, tourism, touristry, traject,
   trajet, transit, travel, traveling, tread, trend, turbulence,
   turmoil, walk, watchworks, wave, wave the arms, wavering, wheels,
   wheels within wheels, workings, works

[6] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

motion, practice. an application to a court by one of the parties in a 
cause, or his counsel, in order to obtain some rule or order of court, which 
he thinks becomes necessary in the progress of the cause, or to get relieved 
in a summary manner, from some matter which would work injustice. 
     2. when the motion. is made on some matter of fact, it must be 
supported by an affidavit that such facts are true; and for this purpose, 
the party's affidavit will be received, though, it cannot be read on the 
hearing. 1 binn. r. 145; s. p. 2 yeates' r. 546. vide 3 bl. com. 304; 2 
sell. pr. 356; 15 vin. ab. 495; grah. pr. 542; smith's ch. pr. index, h.t. 

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