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motive

• (s) causing or able to cause motion
  • a motive force
  • motive power
  • motor energy
  motor,
• (s) impelling to action
  • "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap
  • motive pleas
  • motivating arguments
  motivating, motivative,

Nouns

• (n) the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
  • we did not understand his motivation
  • he acted with the best of motives
  motivation, need,
• (n) a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music motif,
• (n) a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration motif,

Synonyms

motor motivation need motif motivating motivative

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