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motivity|məʊˈtɪvɪtɪ|
[f. motive a. + -ity.]
The quality or capacity of initiating motion; spec. in Dynamics, kinetic energy.
1690Locke Hum. Und. ii. xxiii. 145 The active power of Moving, or, as I may call it, Motivity. 1822Good Study Med. III. 6 The first a nerve of hearing, the second of feeling, and the third of motivity. 1865Bushnell Vicar. Sacr. i. (1868) 49 All God's quickening motivity and power are taken away from the feeling. |