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单词 first mover
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First 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.
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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.
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first mover
b. In full first mover. The outermost of the concentric spheres in Aristotelian cosmology, which transmitted its motion to those spheres below it that carried the stars and planets; = primum mobile n. 1. Also figurative. Obsolete.Adopted by Ptolemy and those who in the Middle Ages took over and modified his astronomical system, when it was taken to be the ninth sphere (the eighth being the sphere of fixed stars). In the later Middle Ages and after it was often taken to be the tenth, since an extra sphere was added to account for trepidation (trepidation n. 3a).Cf. mobile n.1 1, motor n. 1b, movable adj. 2.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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