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o 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.

Motionless; fixed. "Moveless as a tower." Pope.

m one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine; the party of movement.

That which moves anything. [R.]

A person or thing that moves, stirs, or changes place.

To move or conduct to or toward. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To remove, as a person or thing, from a position. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

To put in motion; to disturb; to unsettle. [R.] Straight the sands, Commoved around, in gathering eddies play. Thomson.

To move in a contrary direction to.

A movement in opposition to another.

To move; to rouse; to excite. [Obs.]

To move. [Obs.] Thomson.

See Emmove. [Obs.]

To move forward; to advance; to promote. [Obs.] Bp. Fell.

A promoter. [Obs.]

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark. Deut. xix. 14. When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving us, I generally ordered the table to be removed. Goldsmith.

Distant in location; remote. "Something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling." Shak.

One who removes; as, a remover of landmarks. Bacon.

Moved by inherent power., without the aid of external impulse.

To move or change from one state into another; to transform. [Obs.] Spenser.