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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. South.

A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece. Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives. Addison.

officer; hence, generally, forcible resistance to rightful authority; insubordination. In every mutiny against the discipline of the college, he was the ringleader. Macaulay.

a mystic dance; mystic Babylon. Thus, then, did the spirit of unity and meekness inspire every joint and sinew of the mystical body. Milton. -- Mys"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Mys"tic*al*ness, n.

inctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class. Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Gen. ii. 19. What's in a name That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. Shak.

To endow with natural qualities. [Obs.] He [God] which natureth every kind. Gower.

The belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent.

at fell among the thieves Luke x. 36. The gospel allows no such term as "stranger;" makes every man my neighbor. South.

unting to violent anger. The princes were so nettled at the scandal of this affront, that every man took it to himself. L'Estrange.

Of or pertaining to the night, or to every night; happening or done by night, or every night; as, nightly shades; he kept nightly vigils.

To cause to bend. [Poetic] By every wind that nods the mountain pine. Keats.

e of wax, fig., a person who is pliant and easily influenced. "A nose of wax to be turned every way." Massinger -- Nose piece, the nozzle of a pipe, hose, bellows, etc.; the end piece of a microscope body, to which an objective is attached. -- To hold, put, or bring one's nose to the grindstone. See under Grindstone.…

To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. Every unguarded word . . . was noted down. Maccaulay.

Done or recurring every ninth year.

Done or recurring every ninth year.

to the last day of the year. One of these always expressed the market day, which returned every nine days (every eight days by our reckoning).

mpediment; as, I have no objection to going; unreasonable objections. "Objections against every truth." Tyndale.

by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc. Every man has obligations which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond obligation, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions. Whewell.

The act of darkening; the state of being darkened; darkness. [Obs.] In every megrim or vertigo, there is an obtenebration joined with a semblance of turning round. Bacon.

the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going. To lay down everything in its full light, so as to obviate all exceptions. Woodward.