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/praɪm mˈuvər/ Listen

Prime mover

noun

An agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause. Synonyms: first cause, primum mobile.

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"Prime mover" Quotes from Famous Books

... advocated were decided in too great a haste it might create grave complications: therefore the opinion of the nation should be consulted by the method of the ballot. And with this nunc dimittis he officially washed his hands of a plot in which he had been the prime mover. ...

— The Fight For The Republic in China • Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale