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Definition of motive
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of motive is as below...
Motive
(n.) The theme or
subject;
a
leading
phrase
or
passage
which is
reproduced
and
varied
through
the
course
of a comor a
movement;
a short
figure,
or
melodic
germ, out of which a whole
movement
is
develpoed.
See also
Leading
motive,
under
Leading..
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Potential
::
Potential
(n.) The
energy
of an
electrical
charge
measured
by its power to do work;
hence,
the
degree
of
electrification
as
referred
to some
standard,
as that of the
earth;
electro-motive
force..
Sake
::
Sake (n.) Final
cause;
end;
purpose
of
obtaining;
cause;
motive;
reason;
interest;
concern;
account;
regard
or
respect;
-- used
chiefly
in such
phrases
as, for the sake of, for his sake, for man's sake, for
mercy's
sake, and the like; as, to
commit
crime for the sake of gain; to go
abroad
for the sake of one's
health..
Instance
::
Instance
(n.) That which is
instant
or
urgent;
motive.
Extremity
::
Extremity
(n.) One of
locomotive
appendages
of an
animal;
a limb; a leg or an arm of man.
Emotive
::
Emotive
(a.)
Attended
by, or
having
the
character
of,
emotion..
Smokestack
::
Smokestack
(n.) A
chimney;
esp., a pipe
serving
as a
chimney,
as the pipe which
carries
off the smoke of a
locomotive,
the
funnel
of a steam
vessel,
etc..
Allurement
::
Allurement
(n.) That which
allures;
any real or
apparent
good held
forth,
or
operating,
as a
motive
to
action;
as, the
allurements
of
pleasure,
or of
honor..
Motiveless
::
Motiveless
(a.)
Destitute
of a
motive;
not
incited
by a
motive.
Temptationless
::
Temptationless
(a.)
Having
no
temptation
or
motive;
as, a
temptationless
sin..
Succession
::
Successful
(a.)
Resulting
in
success;
assuring,
or
promotive
of,
success;
accomplishing
what was
proposed;
having
the
desired
effect;
hence,
prosperous;
fortunate;
happy;
as, a
successful
use of
medicine;
a
successful
experiment;
a
successful
enterprise..
Justice
::
Justice
(a.) The
rendering
to every one his due or
right;
just
treatment;
requital
of
desert;
merited
reward
or
punishment;
that which is due to one's
conduct
or
motives.
Mainspring
::
Mainspring
(n.) The
principal
or most
important
spring
in a piece of
mechanism,
especially
the
moving
spring
of a watch or clock or the
spring
in a
gunlock
which
impels
the
hammer.
Hence:
The chief or most
powerful
motive;
the
efficient
cause of
action..
Impenetrable
::
Impenetrable
(a.)
Inaccessible,
as to
knowledge,
reason,
sympathy,
etc.;
unimpressible;
not to be moved by
arguments
or
motives;
as, an
impenetrable
mind, or
heart..
Mortify
::
Mortify
(v. i.) To
practice
penance
from
religious
motives;
to
deaden
desires
by
religious
discipline.
Persuade
::
Persuade
(v. t.) To
influence
or gain over by
argument,
advice,
entreaty,
expostulation,
etc.; to draw or
incline
to a
determination
by
presenting
sufficient
motives..
Wrongly
::
Wrongly
(adv.)
In a wrong
manner;
unjustly;
erroneously;
wrong;
amiss;
as, he
judges
wrongly
of my
motives..
Score
::
Score (n.)
Account;
reason;
motive;
sake;
behalf.
On
::
On
(prep.)
At the time of,
conveying
some
notion
of cause or
motive;
as, on
public
occasions,
the
officers
appear
in full dress or
uniform.
Hence,
in
consequence
of, or
following;
as, on the
ratification
of the
treaty,
the
armies
were
disbanded..
Torpedo
::
Torpedo
(n.) A kind of
detonating
cartridge
or shell
placed
on a rail, and
exploded
when
crushed
under the
locomotive
wheels,
-- used as an alarm
signal..
Prudential
::
Prudential
(a.)
Proceeding
from, or
dictated
or
characterized
by,
prudence;
prudent;
discreet;
sometimes,
selfish
or
pecuniary
as
distinguished
from
higher
motives
or
influences;
as,
prudential
motives..
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