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To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to. Impunity will multiply motives to disobedience. Ames.

An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion. See Illust. of Muscles of the Human Body, in Appendix.

Performed by, or dependent on, a muscle or the muscles. "The muscular motion." Arbuthnot.

The fire of muskets. Motley.

s them rapidly into sight, one after another, and the blended effect gives a semblance of motion.

One of the forms in which bacteria group themselves; a more or less thick layer of motionless but living bacteria, formed by the bacteria uniting on the surface of the fluid in which they are developed. This production differs from the zoöloea stage of bacteria by not having the intermediary mucous substance.…

aves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning.

A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Written also nacker and naker.] See Pearl, and Mother-of-pearl.

the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities. Motley.

n, assumed, put on, or acquired; as, the natural growth of animals or plants; the natural motion of a gravitating body; natural strength or disposition; the natural heat of the body; natural color. With strong natural sense, and rare force of will. Macaulay.

A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical motions of which are controlled, by the occupants.

being nebulous; cloudiness; hazeness; mistiness; nebulousness. The nebulosity ... of the mother idiom. I. Disraeli.

esp. that the will is not free, but that human actions and choices result inevitably from motives; deteminism. M. Arnold.

nature in Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call Mary the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect established by the followers of Nestorius in Persia, india, and other Oriental countries, and still in existence. opposed to Ant: Eutychian.

), a heart or character changed by the power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy motives. -- New land, land ckeared and cultivated for the first time. -- New light. (Zoöl.) See Crappie. -- New moon. (a) The moon in its first quarter, or when it first appears after being invisible. (b) The day when the new m…

extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus. Dunglison.

Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift. Through the mid seas the nimble pinnace sails. Pope.

The quality of being nimble; lightness and quickness in motion; agility; swiftness.

In a nimble manner; with agility; with light, quick motion.

Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuidæ, or Noctuælitæ, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; -- so called because they fly at night. -- a.