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Definition of Motioned

1. motion [v] - See also: motion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Motioned

Literary usage of Motioned

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... when his friends, children, no persuasion could serve to alienate his mind : they motioned him to another honest man's daughter in the town, ..."

2. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"... when his friends, children, no persuasion could serve to alienate his mind : they motioned him to another honest man's daughter in the town, ..."

3. Records of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A (1841)
"Then I motioned that we should examine this point, and that the major number ' this Synod, who hath not received, adopted, or subscribed, ..."

4. Eight Years in Canada: Embracing a Review of the Administrations of Lords by Richardson (John) (1847)
"CAMMING,— which I myself sighed, I was reminded of the lapse of tone, and motioned to withdraw. As I did so, I could not refrain from adverting to the ..."

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