Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Motion \Mo"tion\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Motioned}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Motioning}.]
   1. To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the
      hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat.

   2. To make proposal; to offer plans. [Obs.] --Shak.