motion sb. (5, 6 still prevalent uses in 18th cent.)
1.
power of movement
Meas. III. i. 118
“This sensible warm
”
(i.e. in the body), Rom. III. ii. 59.
2.
bodily exertion
Ham. IV. vii. 157
“When in your you are
hot and dry.”
3.
movement of the body
acquired by drill and training Tw.N. III. iv. 307,
Ham. IV. vii. 101
“the scrimers . . . He
swore, had neither , guard, nor
eye.”
4.
instigation,
prompting
Wiv. III. ii. 37
“he gives her folly
and
advantage,”
Err. III. ii. 24;
influence Cor. II. ii. 58 (or ?
sense 5).
5.
inward prompting or
impulse, (hence) desire, inclination, emotion
Meas. I. iv. 59
“m-s of the
sense,”
Mer.V. V. i. 86,
John IV. ii. 255
“The dreadful of a
murderous thought,”
Cæs. II. i. 64,
Ham. III. iv. 72, Oth. I. ii. 75*,
I. iii. 335
“our raging m-”
6.
proposal, offer Wiv. I. i. 55, 1H6 V. i. 7,
H8 II. iv. 231
“an earnest Made to
the queen,”
Tit. I. i. 243.
7.
motive, reason
H8 I. i. 153
“From sincere
m-s,”
Cor. II. i. 57
“hasty . . . upon too
trivial motion.”
8.
puppet-show Wint. IV. ii. [iii.] 104
“a of the Prodigal Son,”
Lucr. 1326; puppet
Gent. II. i. 104
“O excellent ! O
exceeding puppet!,”
Meas. III. ii.
121.
