first-movingn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈfəːstmuːvɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈfərstˌmuvɪŋ/

Forms: see first adj., adv., and n.² and moving adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: first adv., moving adj.

Etymology: < first adv. + moving adj., after post-classical Latin primum mobile (see primum mobile n.).

†A. n.

Astronomy. In the medieval version of the Ptolemaic system: the outermost of the concentric spheres supposed to revolve round the earth; = primum mobile n. 1. Cf. first mover at mover n.¹ 1b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > sphere of ancient astronomy > [noun] > primum mobile

first firmamentc1386

first movablec1400

first-movingc1400

first mobilea1475

primum mobilea1475

first movera1550

primovant1570

motor1586

primovable1625

highest movable1669

c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) i. §17. 10 This equinoxial is cleped the gyrdelle of the firste Moeuyng, or elles of the angulus primi motus vel primi mobilis.

a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 72 (MED) The rather..of the speres is cleped the First Movyng, and ther ben 9 hevens oo speres one ay within another.

B. adj.

attributive. Now chiefly Philosophy. That is the initial or primary source of movement or activity; esp. (in first moving cause) denoting God as the motive force of the universe (cf. First Mover at mover n.¹ 1a); (in early use also) designating the outermost sphere of Aristotelian cosmology (cf. first mover at mover n.¹ 1b) (now historical).

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > of or relating to types of cause > primary (of cause)

first-movingc1405

procatarctical1601

procatarctic1633

primar1642

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Ellesmere) (1871) l. 295 O firste moeuyng crueel firmament With thy diurnal sweigh that crowdest ay And hurlest al from Est til Occident.

1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 92 The procatarcticall, or first moouing cause.

1673 J. Milton On Death Fair Infant vi, in Poems (new ed.) 19 Whether above that high first-moving Spheare Or in the Elisian fields.

a1695 J. Scott Pract. Disc. (1698) II. ii. 70 The first Virtue being set a going, like the First-moving Heaven, will communicate its Motion from Orb to Orb.

a1698 C. Marshall Ep. Friends (1730) 7 They not having a true Discerning, between the first moving Cause, which is the Power, and that which led forth before the Power, have judged both.

1798 J. L. Moore Columbiad ii. 70 First moving cause of all that fly or creep In air, on earth, or swim beneath the deep.

1850 H. E. Manning Serm. IV. x. 178 Thus He was the beginning, the first moving cause.

1981 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 42 598 Only the movement of the most simple..thing will properly be called time: this is the movement of the first moving thing, the outermost sphere.

1995 W. A. Frank & A. B. Wolter tr. Duns Scotus in Duns Scotus, Metaphysician iii. 61 If the first moving cause [L. primum movens] possessed formally the causality of all causes, it would be infinite.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	first-moving
释义	first-movingn.adj. Brit. /ˈfəːstmuːvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfərstˌmuvɪŋ/ Forms: see first adj., adv., and n.² and moving adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: first adv., moving adj. Etymology: < first adv. + moving adj., after post-classical Latin primum mobile (see primum mobile n.). †A. n. Astronomy. In the medieval version of the Ptolemaic system: the outermost of the concentric spheres supposed to revolve round the earth; = primum mobile n. 1. Cf. first mover at mover n.¹ 1b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > sphere of ancient astronomy > [noun] > primum mobile first firmamentc1386 first movablec1400 first-movingc1400 first mobilea1475 primum mobilea1475 first movera1550 primovant1570 motor1586 primovable1625 highest movable1669 c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) i. §17. 10 This equinoxial is cleped the gyrdelle of the firste Moeuyng, or elles of the angulus primi motus vel primi mobilis. a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 72 (MED) The rather..of the speres is cleped the First Movyng, and ther ben 9 hevens oo speres one ay within another. B. adj. attributive. Now chiefly Philosophy. That is the initial or primary source of movement or activity; esp. (in first moving cause) denoting God as the motive force of the universe (cf. First Mover at mover n.¹ 1a); (in early use also) designating the outermost sphere of Aristotelian cosmology (cf. first mover at mover n.¹ 1b) (now historical). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > of or relating to types of cause > primary (of cause) first-movingc1405 procatarctical1601 procatarctic1633 primar1642 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Ellesmere) (1871) l. 295 O firste moeuyng crueel firmament With thy diurnal sweigh that crowdest ay And hurlest al from Est til Occident. 1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 92 The procatarcticall, or first moouing cause. 1673 J. Milton On Death Fair Infant vi, in Poems (new ed.) 19 Whether above that high first-moving Spheare Or in the Elisian fields. a1695 J. Scott Pract. Disc. (1698) II. ii. 70 The first Virtue being set a going, like the First-moving Heaven, will communicate its Motion from Orb to Orb. a1698 C. Marshall Ep. Friends (1730) 7 They not having a true Discerning, between the first moving Cause, which is the Power, and that which led forth before the Power, have judged both. 1798 J. L. Moore Columbiad ii. 70 First moving cause of all that fly or creep In air, on earth, or swim beneath the deep. 1850 H. E. Manning Serm. IV. x. 178 Thus He was the beginning, the first moving cause. 1981 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 42 598 Only the movement of the most simple..thing will properly be called time: this is the movement of the first moving thing, the outermost sphere. 1995 W. A. Frank & A. B. Wolter tr. Duns Scotus in Duns Scotus, Metaphysician iii. 61 If the first moving cause [L. primum movens] possessed formally the causality of all causes, it would be infinite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1400
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