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Meaning of motive

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  motive
      adj 1: causing or able to cause motion; "a motive force";
             "motive power"; "motor energy" [syn: {motive(a)},
             {motor}]
      2: impelling to action; "it may well be that ethical language
         has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap; "motive
         pleas"; "motivating arguments" [syn: {motivative(a)},
         {motive(a)}, {motivating}]
      n 1: 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" [syn: {motivation}, {motive}, {need}]
      2: a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
         [syn: {motif}, {motive}]
      3: a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or
         colors, as in architecture or decoration [syn: {motif},
         {motive}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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