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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Move-, Mouvement, Moviment, n. [e.m.E. movement (Caxton), ME. moevement (Chaucer, Gower), OF. movement, moevement (F. mouvement), med. L. movimentum. In Eng. rare until the late 17th c.]Found only in Hay and (once, sense 1) in Compl.

1. A movement, a process or manner of moving, of a physical body; espec., the course of a heavenly body. 1456 Hay I. 75/32.
The hevin … moves fra the orient to the occident … bot the thingis that ar corporale in this erde … movis nocht with the moving of it … bot ȝit have thai othir naturale movementis as clerkis kennis Ib. II. 113/17.
Astronomy … is dividit … in the cercleis motives and in the posicioun of the planets … and in diversitee of the saignys and in thair lenthis and movementis, properies and commouns Ib. /20. 1549 Compl. 46/23.
The childir of Seth … var the fyrst inuentours of the art of astronomie and inuestigatours of the celest coursis & mouimentis

2. In immaterial or fig. application: The fact of being ‘moved’ or prompted to some action; an urge, impulse, inclination.b. (A person's) motive for doing something. c. On one's awin or of one's (awin) propre movement, of one's own volition. 1456 Hay I. 196/28.
The philosophoris sais that the first movementis of man is nocht at his power to resist Ib. 256/18.
Bot naturaly all maner of creature naturale has a passioun of nature that is callit the first movement; that is quhen a man or beste is sudaynly stertb. 1456 Hay I. 141/7.
And sa did he his awin service for his avancement principaly … and that was his principale movementc. 1456 Hay I. 26/25.
Suppose he come nocht to his presence of his propre mouvement Ib. 137/27.
Bot cummys of his awin propre movement to serve the King of Fraunce Ib. 149/13.
How than may thou cum agayne thine athe and thy lautee on thyne awin movement and autoritee?