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单词 self-moved
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self-movedadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈmuːvd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈmuvd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, moved adj.
Etymology: < self- prefix + moved adj. Compare self-movable adj. and earlier self-moving adj. Compare also earlier self-mover n., self-moving n.
That is moved by inherent power or energy rather than by the action of external forces. Also in philosophical contexts: acting voluntarily or spontaneously; self-impelled.In later use frequently in discussions of the ideas of Aristotle and Plato.
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1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. F6v Who then can gainsay But she's self-mov'd when she [sc. the soul] doth with self-sway Thus change herself?
1664 K. Philips Poems lxxi. 224 A Soul self-mov'd, which can dilate, contract, Pierces and judges things unseen.
a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 41 in Wks. (1721) II. What is self-mov'd is unconfin'd.
1831 W. Scott Count Robert iii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. II. 79 As if self-moved, the mystic curtain arose.
1845 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. I. 69 The Soul, being a self-moved monad, is One.
1934 Proc. Aristotelian Soc.: Supplementary Vols. 13 3 Plato is led to explain the universe by the highest soul, the self-moved mover, God.
1952 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 11 June 4/2 Homer..took stylus in hand to describe a self-moved chariot built by Vulcan.
2005 J. A. Arieti Philos. in Anc. World xi. 204 This self-moved being, moving eternally, is the ultimate source of all motion and actualization in nature.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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