单词 | self-movent |
释义 | self-moventadj. rare. That moves or is capable of moving by inherent power or energy rather than by the action of external forces. Also of the soul: capable of independent existence; autonomous. Cf. self-motive adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > [adjective] > self-moving automatic1599 self-moving1600 autokinetical1642 self-movable1642 spontaneous1659 self-motive1671 self-movent1701 autokinetic1841 1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra i. i. §34 To suppose Body to be Self-Existent..is as absurd, as to suppose it to be Self-Movent. 1910 L. B. Farrar Eternity of Matter 251 Matter is self-movent, or it acts and reacts upon itself to the result of universal motion as mode of existing. 2001 J. Riou Imagination in German Romanticism i. 36 In Phaedrus, the soul is termed immortal and self-movent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1701 |
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