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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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Wing
::
Wing (n.)
Motive
or
instrument
of
flight;
means of
flight
or of rapid
motion.
Locomotiveness
::
Locomotiveness
(n.) Alt. of
Locomotivit.
Impulse
::
Impulse
(n.) A
mental
force which
simply
and
directly
urges to
action;
hasty
inclination;
sudden
motive;
momentary
or
transient
influence
of
appetite
or
passion;
propension;
incitement;
as, a man of good
impulses;
passion
often gives a
violent
impulse
to the
will..
Diagnosis
::
Diagnosis
(n.)
Critical
perception
or
scrutiny;
judgment
based on such
scrutiny;
esp.,
perception
of, or
judgment
concerning,
motives
and
character..
Imitation
::
Imitation
(n.) One of the
principal
means of
securing
unity and
consistency
in
polyphonic
composition;
the
repetition
of
essentially
the same
melodic
theme,
phrase,
or
motive,
on
different
degrees
of
pitch,
by one or more of the other parts of
voises.
Cf.
Canon..
Men-pleaser
::
Men-pleaser
(n.) One whose
motive
is to
please
men or the
world,
rather
than God..
Move
::
Move (v. t.) To
excite
to
action
by the
presentation
of
motives;
to rouse by
representation,
persuasion,
or
appeal;
to
influence..
Pilot
::
Pilot (n.) The
cowcatcher
of a
locomotive.
Motiveless
::
Motiveless
(a.)
Destitute
of a
motive;
not
incited
by a
motive.
Medusoid
::
Medusoid
(a.) Like a
medusa;
having
the
fundamental
structure
of a
medusa,
but
without
a
locomotive
disk; -- said of the
sessile
gonophores
of
hydroids..
Henry
::
Henry (n.) The unit of
electric
induction;
the
induction
in a
circuit
when the
electro-motive
force
induced
in this
circuit
is one volt, while the
inducing
current
varies
at the rate of one
ampere
a
second..
Money-maker
::
Money-maker
(n.) One who
accumulates
money or
wealth;
specifically,
one who makes
money-getting
his
governing
motive..
Splasher
::
Splasher
(n.) One of the
guarde
over the
wheels,
as of a
carriage,
locomotive,
etc..
Benthamism
::
Benthamism
(n.) That phase of the
doctrine
of
utilitarianism
taught
by
Jeremy
Bentham;
the
doctrine
that the
morality
of
actions
is
estimated
and
determined
by their
utility;
also, the
theory
that the
sensibility
to
pleasure
and the
recoil
from pain are the only
motives
which
influence
human
desires
and
actions,
and that these are the
sufficient
explanation
of
ethical
and jural
conceptions..
Integrity
::
Integrity
(n.) Moral
soundness;
honesty;
freedom
from
corrupting
influence
or
motive;
-- used
especially
with
reference
to the
fulfillment
of
contracts,
the
discharge
of
agencies,
trusts,
and the like;
uprightness;
rectitude..
Scrutinize
::
Scrutinize
(v. t.) To
examine
closely;
to
inspect
or
observe
with
critical
attention;
to
regard
narrowly;
as, to
scrutinize
the
measures
of
administration;
to
scrutinize
the
conduct
or
motives
of
individuals..
Prudentialist
::
Prudentialist
(n.) One who is
governed
by, or acts from,
prudential
motives..
Traction
::
Traction
(n.)
Specifically,
the act of
drawing
a body along a plane by
motive
power,
as the
drawing
of a
carriage
by men or
horses,
the
towing
of a boat by a tug..
Rat
::
Rat (v. i.) In
English
politics,
to
desert
one's party from
interested
motives;
to
forsake
one's
associates
for one's own
advantage;
in the
trades,
to work for less
wages,
or on other
conditions,
than those
established
by a
trades
union..
Hint
::
Hint (n.) A
remote
allusion;
slight
mention;
intimation;
insinuation;
a
suggestion
or
reminder,
without
a full
declaration
or
explanation;
also, an
occasion
or
motive..
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