Mōve'ment, n.

(mōōv'ment), n. [Fr. mouvement, Pr. movemen, Sp. movimiento, It. & Pg. movimento.]

1. The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine.
2. Motion of the mind or feelings; mental action; emotion.
3. Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or sudden movement.
4. That which moves or imparts motion; as, the wheel-work of a clock is called its movement.
5. (Mus.) (a.) The rhythm, or method of progression, of the notes, as regards time. (b.) Any single strain, or part, having the same measure or time. Any change of time is a change of movement. Busby.
6. A party who are aiming at continual advances toward the establishment of popular rights;—opposed to the conservative party. Brande.

Syn.—Motion.—MOVEMENT, MOTION. Motion expresses the general idea of not being at rest; movement points more especially to the agent or thing that moves, or the commencement of motion; as, the movements of an army, a movement in society, &c. Cease, cease, thou foaming ocean; For what's thy troubled motion To that within my breast? Gray. Could the whole laws the rolling planets bind, Describe or fix one movement of the mind. Pope.