Motionable
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Able to be moved or set in motion.
"Yet found he not on heaven's face A task of cloud to clear ; There was no speck that he might chase Off the blue hemisphere, Nor vapour from the land to drive: The frost-bound country held Nought motionable or alive, […]"
- 2 Able to be made as a motion.
"If the fact of insurance coverage is omitted from the petition, will a mere statement that the claim will be unaffected by insovency of the estate suffice, or is this motionable?"
Example
More examples"Yet found he not on heaven's face A task of cloud to clear ; There was no speck that he might chase Off the blue hemisphere, Nor vapour from the land to drive: The frost-bound country held Nought motionable or alive, […]"
Etymology
From motion + -able.
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