motive
11Motive — Mo tive, v. t. To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move. [1913 Webster] …
12motive — motive, motivation See interpretation ; psychoanalysis ; sanction, social sanction ; vocabularies of motive …
13-motive — [mōt′iv] [< MOTIVE (adj. )] combining form forming adjectives moving, of motion [automotive] …
14motivé — motivé, ée (mo ti vé, vée) part. passé de motiver. • La France est le seul pays où les arrêts ne soient pas motivés, comme c est aussi le seul où l on achète le droit de juger les hommes, VOLT. Lett. Damilaville, 13 juin 1766. Terme de… …
15motive — [n] reason, purpose aim, antecedent, basis, cause, consideration, design, determinant, drive, emotion, end, feeling, grounds, idea, impulse, incentive, incitement, inducement, influence, inspiration, intent, intention, mainspring, motivation,… …
16motive — ► NOUN 1) a factor inducing a person to act in a particular way. 2) a motif. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ producing physical or mechanical motion. DERIVATIVES motiveless adjective. ORIGIN Latin motivus, from movere to move …
17motive — n. 1) to establish, find a motive 2) to question smb. s motives 3) altruistic; base; honorable; humane; noble; selfish; ulterior motives; the highest motives (to have nothing but the highest motives) 4) the profit motive 5) an underlying motive… …
18motive — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hidden, ulterior ▪ good, strong ▪ I d say he had a very strong motive for wanting her dead. ▪ altruistic, high …
19Motive — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Motive >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 motive motive springs of action wellsprings of action GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 reason reason ground call principle Sgm: N 2 by end by end by purpose …
20motive — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French motif, motive, from motif, adjective, moving, from Medieval Latin motivus, from Latin motus, past participle of movēre to move Date: 15th century 1. something (as a need or desire) that causes… …
