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† ˈmovent, a. and n. Obs.
[ad. L. movent-em, pres. pple. of movēre to move.]
A. adj. That moves or is moved; moving.
1644Digby Nat. Bodies ix. §ii. 73 The force of the velocity is equall to a reciprocall force of weight in the vertue mouent. 1665Hooke Microgr. 197 The smooth wing'd Insects have the strongest muscles or movent parts of their wings. a1734North Life Ld. Kpr. Guilford (1742) 292 Whoever observes them, even in their most quiet State, shall discern their Fins more or less movent and employ'd.
b. Law. (See quot.)
1837T. D. Hardy Rot. Chart. Pref. 23 Comprised in the premisses of a charter, and generally following the salutation, occurs the Movent Clause, which is here so called because it states the reasons moving the king to make the grant.
B. n. Something that moves or is moved.
1656tr. Hobbes' Elem. Philos. (1839) 212, I define force to be the impetus or quickness of motion multiplied either into itself, or into the magnitude of the movent, by means whereof the said movent works more or less upon the body that resists it. 1665G. Harvey Advice agst. Plague 1 Physicians can never discharge their Duty with greater Applause than by contributing their aid to popular Diseases, which at this season is the prime movent of these Meditations. 1706in Phillips (ed. Kersey). |