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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power.
  • Relating to motion and/or to its cause

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Noun:

  • motif|nodot=t; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated.
  • An incentive to act; a reason for doing something; anything that prompted a choice of action.

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Verb:

  • transitive To prompt or incite by a '''motive''' or motives; to move.

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