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The state or quality of being motherly.

Of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a mother; tender; maternal; as, motherly authority, love, or care. Hooker.

A labiate herb (Leonurus Cardiaca), of a bitter taste, used popularly in medicine; lion's tail.

Consisting of, containing, or resembling, mother (in vinegar).

Infested with moths; moth-eaten. "An old mothy saddle." Shak.

Motive.

Producing motion. [R.]

Having powers of self-motion, though unconscious; as, the motile spores of certain seaweeds.

Capability of motion; contractility.

sed to rest. Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace attends thee, and each word, each motion, forms. Milton.

A moving picture.

One who makes a motion; a mover. Udall.

A mover. [Obs.]

Without motion; being at rest.

To provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite. -- Mo`ti*va"tion (#), n. William James.

rompting 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. J. Edwards.

Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive. -- Mo"tive*less*ness, n. G. Eliot.

The power of moving or producing motion.

See Motive, n., 3, 4.

Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.