adj producing motion; as, motile powers.
2. motile ·add. ·adj producing motion; as, motile powers.
3. motile ·adj having powers of self-motion, though unconscious; as, the motile spores of certain seaweeds.
4. motile ·add. ·adj exhibiting, or capable of, spontaneous movement; as, motile cilia, motile spores, ·etc.
5. motile ·add. ·noun a person whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action, such as incipient pronunciation of words, muscular innervations, ·etc.