motile Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action
  2. adjective satellite (of spores or microorganisms) capable of movement

WordNet

Mo"tile adjective
Etymology
See Motive.
Definitions
  1. (Biol.) Having powers of self-motion, though unconscious; as, the motile spores of certain seaweeds.
  2. Producing motion; as, motile powers.

Webster 1913