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Word: motive
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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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