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View synonyms for self-moving

self-moving

[ self-moo-ving, self- ]

adjective

  1. capable of moving without an external agency.


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Other Words From

  • self-movement noun
  • self-mover noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-moving1

First recorded in 1575–85
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Example Sentences

If it were not so, why does one call a horseless carriage 'automobile' instead of 'self-moving carriage'?

His water-clock, self-moving vehicle, and mill, were the wonder of the village; the latter propelled by a living mouse.

It was also for Plato the self-moving and the cause of all motion.

The world consists of a finite number of atoms, which have in their own nature a self-moving force or principle.

But if this be true, must not the soul be the self-moving, and therefore of necessity unbegotten and immortal?

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