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self-ˈmotive, a. [self- 3 b.] Moving by inherent power, endowed with self-motion.
1676Glanvill Ess. Philos. & Relig. iv. 9 Beings, self⁓motive, penetrable and indivisible. 1788[see prec.]. 1836I. Taylor Phys. The. another Life (1857) 55 The most elastic gas is not in itself at all more self-motive than a block of granite. |