MOVING

Source: 566, 567

moving. Moving, pa. passing, exciting, affecting

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Mov″ing, a. 1. 1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a moving car, or power.
2. 2. Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic; as, a moving appeal.
I sang an old moving story. Coleridge. Moving force (Mech.), a force that accelerates, retards, or deflects the motion of a body. — Moving plant (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Desmodium gyrans); — so called because its leaflets have a distinct automatic motion.