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(1):

(v. i.) Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action.

(2):

(v. i.) A self-moving machine, or one which has its motive power within itself; - applied chiefly to machines which appear to imitate spontaneously the motions of living beings, such as men, birds, etc.