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† ˈmotioner Obs.
[f. motion n. or v. + -er1.]
One who ‘motions’; a proposer, instigator.
1536Latimer in Lett. Suppress. Monasteries (Camden) 149 Butt now, syr, another thynge, that by your favour I myght be a motionare unto you, at the request [etc.]. c1560R. Morice in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 26 Dr. Butts was the firste motioner of his preferment. 1577F. de L'isle's Legendarie H v b, They.. had bene the chiefe motioners of the estates to call for accomptes. 1665Marquis of Worcester in Dircks Life (1865) 278 You are no motioner of this; you do but lay before him my reasonable petition therein.
b. transf. of a thing. (Frequent in Hales.)
1616Hieron Wks. II. 37 Where religion was not the first motioner, the issue of the marriage without great repentance can neuer bee comfortable. 1617Hales Gold. Rem. i. (1673) 2 We will consider, First, the sin it self..: where we will briefly consider what it is, and what causes and motioners it finds in our corrupt understandings. |