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Webster 1913 Edition


Mover

Mov′er

,
Noun.
1.
A person or thing that moves, stirs, or changes place.
2.
A person or thing that imparts motion, or causes change of place; a motor.
3.
One who, or that which, excites, instigates, or causes movement, change, etc.;
as,
movers
of sedition
.
These most poisonous compounds,
Which are the
movers
of a languishing death.
Shakespeare
4.
A proposer; one who offers a proposition, or recommends anything for consideration or adoption;
as, the
mover
of a resolution in a legislative body
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mover

MOVER

,
Noun.
The person or thing that gives motion or impels to action.
1.
He or that which moves.
2.
A proposer; one that offers a proposition, or recommends any thing for consideration or adoption; as the mover of a resolution in a legislative body.