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(adj) motivating, motivative
impelling to action
it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function- Arthur Pap; motive pleas; motivating arguments
(adj) motor
causing or able to cause motion
a motive force; motive power; motor energy
(noun) need, motivation
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
(noun) motif
a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
(noun) motif
a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music