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English Dictionary: M.o.v.e by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Move \Move\, n.
      1. The act of moving; a movement.
  
      2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) The act of moving one of the
            pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of
            the game.
  
      3. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the
            execution of a plan or purpose.
  
      {To make a move}.
            (a) To take some action.
            (b) To move a piece, as in a game.
  
      {To be on the move}, to bustle or stir about. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Move \Move\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Moved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Moving}.] [OE. moven, OF. moveir, F. mouvoir, L. movere; cf.
      Gr. [?] to change, exchange, go in or out, quit, Skr. m[c6]v,
      p. p. m[umac]ta, to move, push. Cf. {Emotion}, {Mew} to molt,
      {Mob}, {Mutable}, {Mutiny}.]
      1. To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set
            in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place
            to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a
            vessel; the horse moves a carriage.
  
      2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To transfer (a piece or man) from
            one space or position to another, according to the rules
            of the game; as, to move a king.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Move \Move\, v. i.
      1. To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner,
            from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves
            rapidly.
  
                     The foundations also of the hills moved and were
                     shaken, because he was wroth.            --Ps. xviii.
                                                                              7.
  
                     On the green bank I sat and listened long, . . . Nor
                     till her lay was ended could I move.   --Dryden.
  
      2. To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to
            move in a matter.
  
      3. To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town,
            or state, to another.
  
      4. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To change the place of a piece in
            accordance with the rules of the game.
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