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Ductile :: Ductile (a.) Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people..

Temptationless :: Temptationless (a.) Having no temptation or motive; as, a temptationless sin..

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..

Ostensible :: Ostensible (a.) Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; -- often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim..

Impeach :: Impeach (v. t.) Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct..

Dissuasion :: Dissuasion (n.) A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a dissuasive.

Stimulate :: Stimulate (v. t.) To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory..

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..

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..

Materially :: Materially (adv.) In an important manner or degree; essentaily; as, it materially concern us to know the real motives of our actions..

Derail :: Derail (v. t.) To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive..

Nauplius :: Nauplius (n.) A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to the antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body..

Incitation :: Incitation (n.) That which incites to action; that which rouses or prompts; incitement; motive; incentive.

Balance :: Balance (v. i.) To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate.

Scruple :: Scruple (n.) Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience..

Motiveless :: Motiveless (a.) Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive.

Motivity :: Motivity (n.) The quality of being influenced by motives.

Promotive :: Promotive (a.) Tending to advance, promote, or encourage..

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..

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..

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