n.
     - the action or process of moving or being moved.
 - a movement or gesture.
 - a piece of moving mechanism.
 - a formal proposal put to a legislature or committee. 
▸Law  an application for a rule or order of court.
 - Brit. an evacuation of the bowels.
 
v.
 direct (someone) with a gesture.
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - go through the motions
  - do something perfunctorily.
 - simulate an action.
 
 
    
   
  Derivative
  
    - motional adj.
  - motionless adj.
  - motionlessly adv.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: via OFr. from L. motio(n-), from movere ‘to move’.