† autoˈkinesy Obs.
Also autoch-.
[ad. Gr. αὐτοκῑνησία, n. of quality f. αὐτοκίνητος: see next.]
Self-movement, spontaneous motion.
| 1678 Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iii. §33. 159 A simple internal energy or vital autokinesie, which is without..Consense and Consciousness. Ibid. v. 668 Self-activity or autochinesie was in order of nature before the local motion of body which is heterochinesie. |