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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Motile

/mōt'-əl/ · Mo·tile · IPA /ˈməʊtaɪl/
01 a. Exhibiting, or capable of, spontaneous movement; as, motile bacteria, motile protozoa, motile cilia, motile spores, etc.
  1. 1.
    Exhibiting, or capable of, spontaneous movement; as, motile bacteria, motile protozoa, motile cilia, motile spores, etc.(Biol.)
  2. 2.
    Producing motion; as, motile powers.
02 n. A person whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action, such as incipient pronunciation of words, muscular inn…
  1. 1.
    A person whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action, such as incipient pronunciation of words, muscular innervations, etc.(Psychol.)