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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To provide with an incentive; move to action; impel.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To motive; act as a motive or as the inciting cause of; induce.

Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.
  2. v. transitive To animate; to propel; to cause to take action

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. give an incentive for action

Etymologies

  1. motive +‎ -ate (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Rarely does a title motivate and inspire me as Having It All has.”

    Simon & Schuster: Having It All

  • “If I really wanted to learn how to orate in motivate people and get to know and understand the culture of my ethnic origin but wasn't ever exposed to .......”

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  • “Will FEU's second place win motivate them to work harder to win it next year?”

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  • “That’s also a healthy increase over the 525 HP the M156 normally develops and all it has to motivate is a 3,571 Lbs curb weight gull-winged bird of prey (703 Lbs lighter than the SL63 and 326 Lbs lighter than the SLR thanks to an aluminum chassis and body).”

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  • “You may find it increasingly difficult toward the end of your term to motivate yourself to exercise.”

    Simon & Schuster: American Yoga Association Beginner’s Manual Fully Revised and Updated

  • “The importance of motivation is that it gets you to self motivate, which is the behavior that matters in weight loss," Webber explained.”

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  • “I could be wrong, but it seems to make more sense to me that coins motivate more reliably than complaints.”

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  • “According to Webster's, to motivate is to "provide with an incentive, move to action, impel".”

    The Security Catalyst

  • “It reminds me of the days Goldin would applaud budget cuts as an obscure way to 'motivate' NASA.”

    NASA 2.0? - NASA Watch

  • “We cannot "motivate" engagement (or innovation, growth, or succession for that matter); instead, we must inspire the kind of outcomes we want by rooting ourselves in a set of values, being in the grip of an idea worthy of dedication and commitment, connecting around a meaningful and shared purpose, and aligning around a common, deep and sustainable set of human, societal and environmental values.”

    The Huffington Post: Dov Seidman: Why We Can't 'Motivate' Engagement

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