单词 | first mover |
释义 | > as lemmasFirst Mover a. A person who sets or keeps something in motion, spec. (also First Mover) God, regarded as the motive force of the universe. Cf. prime mover n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > [noun] > making movable or setting in motion > one who moverc1385 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > in philosophy moverc1385 motor1447 First Causer1526 union1565 monad1642 monas1768 over-soul1841 ens realissimum1847 socius1890 ens necessarium1900 the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > one who incites or instigates > first or chief moverc1385 motor1600 prime mover1633 actuator1652 apostle1810 prophet1842 c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 2987 The firste moeuere of the cause aboue. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 105v Heuene..meoviþ by a mouare [L. a motore] þat is endeles myȝte, þat is, by god himsilf. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame 81 He that mover ys of al. a1500 Ratis Raving 659 That is to say the fyrst moware That gouernys al thing les & mare. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. iii. 19 Oh thou eternall mouer of the heauens. a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) 121/2 His legs, though litle ones, Yet movers of a masse of understanding. 1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 198 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. That universal Spirit of Nature is most certainly the Mover of the Matter of the World, and the Modifier thereof. 1772 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. I. 10 How could these atoms move without a mover. 1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited vi. 120 The whole dreadful machine [sc. the army] was now in motion,—..the eye of the mover superintending and understanding all. 1879 L. Shepherd tr. P. Guéranger Liturg. Year: Time after Pentecost I. iii. 11 The soul yields herself up..to the impulse of the divine Mover. 1977 C. G. Wolff Feast of Words (1978) ii. 71 There is no thoroughgoing sense of a malevolent God or an indifferent cosmic mover. 1988 P. Monette Borrowed Time v. 107 He was tireless and unfailing, a mover of mountains. first mover ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > primary or first cause First Cause1393 primum mobile1548 movera1550 impulsive causea1575 primus motor1579 beginning1587 first mobile1645 causa causans1659 first mover1711 prime mover1795 leader1805 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 a1550 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) 2959 (MED) The virtew of ye mover of ye orbe [v.r. mouer of worlde] ys formall, The virtew of ye viijth spere is here Instrumentall. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 77 From the tower of the highest heauen, called the first moouer, vnto the center of the earth. 1617 F. Bacon Speech in Star-Chamber in Resuscitatio (1657) 87 Do therefore, as they [sc. the planets] do; Move alwayes and be carried, with the Motion of your first Mover, which is your Soveraign. 1677 J. Dryden State Innocence iv. i. 24 So Orbs, from the first mover, motion take. 1796 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. First Mover in the old Astronomy, is the Primum Mobile. first mover c. More fully first mover. An initial source (natural or mechanical) of activity, esp. movement; spec. a mechanism which converts energy from a natural source into motion; = prime mover n. 2. Also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > [noun] vicea1400 mover1626 primum mobile1663 machine1704 prime mover1795 leader1805 generator1823 energizer1891 the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > primary or first cause First Cause1393 primum mobile1548 movera1550 impulsive causea1575 primus motor1579 beginning1587 first mobile1645 causa causans1659 first mover1711 prime mover1795 leader1805 1626 in J. M. Thomson Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1894) VIII. 355/2 Presertim..machinam organicam motum perpetuum producentem αεικινητον lie mower nuncupatam. 1654 J. Owen Doctr. Saints Perseverance v. §5. 113 In your Automata, there is one originall spring or wheele, that giveth motion to sundry lesser and subordinate movers. 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 108 The Main-mast is the first Mover. 1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 471 The treasury became literally moneyless and all purposes depending on this mover, came to a stand. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 402 When a fly is used merely as a regulator, it should be near the first mover. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 88/1 Of water as a first mover. 1998 Muscle News No. 33. 17/6 When you do the bench press the main mover is the chest and secondary muscle groups used are the front delts and triceps. < as lemmas |
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