MOVE, v.t. moov. [L. moveo.]

The act of moving; the act of transferring from place to place, as in chess. Cowley.

1. To change place or posture; to stir; to pass or go in any manner or direction from one place or part of space to another. The planets move in their orbits; the earth moves on its axis; a ship moves at a certain rate an hour. We move by walking, running or turning; animals move by creeping, swimming or flying. On the green bank I sat and listened long, / Nor till her lay was ended could I move. Dryden.
2. To have action. In him we live, and move, and have our being. Acts xvii.
3. To have the power of action. Every moving thing that liveth, shall be meat for you. Gen. ix.
4. To walk. He moves with manly grace. Dryden.
5. To march. The army moved and took a position behind a wood.
6. To tremble; to shake. The foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. Ps. xviii.
7. To change residence. Men move with their families from one house, town or state to another.

1. To impel; to carry, convey or draw from one place to another; to cause to change place or posture in any manner or by any means. The wind moves a ship; the cartman moves goods; the horse moves a cart or carriage. Mere matter can not move itself. Machines are moved by springs, weights, or force applied.
2. To excite into action; to affect; to agitate; to rouse; as; to move the passions.
3. To cause to act or determine; as, to move the will.
4. To persuade; to prevail on; to excite from a state of rest or indifference. Minds desirous of revenge were not moved with gold. Knowles. lint when no female arts his mind could move, / She turn'd to furious hate her impious love. Dryden.
5. To excite tenderness, pity or grief in the heart; to affect; to touch pathetically; to excite feeling in. The use of images in orations and poetry is to move pity or terror. Felton. When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them. Matth. ix.
6. To make angry; to provoke; to irritate. Shak.
7. To excite tumult or commotion. When they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was moved about them. Ruth i. Matth. xxi.
8. To influence or incite by secret agency. God moved them to depart from him. 2 Chron. xviii. 2 Pet. i.
9. To shake; to agitate. The kingdoms were moved. Ps. xlvi. Jer. xlix.
10. To propose; to offer for consideration and determination; as, to move a resolution in a deliberative assembly.
11. To propose; to recommend. They are to be blamed alike who move and who decline war upon particular respects. Hayward.
12. To prompt; to incite; to instigate. Acts xvii.

1. To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage.
2. To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves rapidly.
   
   

   The foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. Ps. xviii. 7.

   On the green bank I sat and listened long, . . .
   Nor till her lay was ended could I move. Dryden.

3. The act of moving; a movement.
4. To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.
5. To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.
6. The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game.
7. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
   
   

   Minds desirous of revenge were not moved with gold. Knolles.

   No female arts his mind could move. Dryden.

8. To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another.
9. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
   
   

   To make a move. (a) To take some action. (b) To move a piece, as in a game. -- To be on the move, to bustle or stir about. [Colloq.]

10. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion.
    
    
    Shak.

    When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them. Matt. ix. 36.

    [The use of images] in orations and poetry is to move pity or terror. Felton.

11. To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
12. To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.
    
    

    Let me but move one question to your daughter. Shak.

    They are to be blamed alike who move and who decline war upon particular respects. Hayward.

13. To apply to, as for aid.
    
    
    [Obs.] Shak.

    Syn. -- To stir; agitate; trouble; affect; persuade; influence; actuate; impel; rouse; prompt; instigate; incite; induce; incline; propose; offer.