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Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[change]] [[place]] or [[posture]]; to [[go]], in any manner, from one place or [[position]] to another.
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[act]]; to take [[action]]; to begin to act
3. {{senseid|en|to change residence}}{{lb|en|intransitive}} To change [[residence]], for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place; similarly to change the location of another establishment such as a business. See also [[move out]] and [[move in]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To transport (an item) as part of changing residences.
5. {{lb|en|transitive|ergative}} 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
6. {{lb|en|transitive|chess|board games}} To [[transfer]] (a piece) from one [[space]] or position on the [[board]] to another.
7. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[excite]] to action by the presentation of [[motive]]s; to [[rouse]] by [[representation]], [[persuasion]], or [[appeal]]; to [[influence]].
8. {{senseid|en|affect emotionally}}{{lb|en|transitive}} To [[arouse]] the [[feeling]]s or [[passion]]s of; especially, to excite to [[tenderness]] or [[compassion]], to excite (for example, an [[emotion]]).
9. {{lb|en|transitive|intransitive}} To [[propose]]; to [[recommend]]; specifically, to propose formally for [[consideration]] and [[determination]], in a [[deliberative]] [[assembly]]; to [[submit]]
10. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[mention]]; to raise (a question); to [[suggest]] (a course of action); to [[lodge]] (a complaint).
11. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[incite]], [[urge]] (someone to do something); to [[solicit]] (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
12. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[apply]] to, as for [[aid]].

Noun

1. The act of moving; a [[movement]].
2. An act for the [[attainment]] of an [[object]]; a step in the [[execution]] of a [[plan]] or [[purpose]].
3. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
4. The event of changing one's [[residence]].
5. A change in strategy.
6. A [[transfer]], a change from one employer to another.
7. {{lb|en|board games}} The act of moving a [[token]] on a [[gameboard]] from one [[position]] to another according to the rules of the game.
8. {{lb|en|board games|usually|in plural}} A [[round]], in which each player has a [[turn]].
9. {{lb|en|syntax}} Within the Minimalist Program, a fundamental operation of syntactic construction

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