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Incitement :: Incitement (n.) That which incites the mind, or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse..

Moralist :: Moralist (n.) One who practices moral duties; a person who lives in conformity with moral rules; one of correct deportment and dealings with his fellow-creatures; -- sometimes used in contradistinction to one whose life is controlled by religious motives.

Determinism :: Determinism (n.) The doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably and invincibly determined by motives..

Farad :: Farad (n.) The standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a condenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is equal to the amount of electricity which, with the same electromotive force, passes through one ohm in one second; the capacity, which, charged with one coulomb, gives an electro-motive force of one volt..

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

Emotive :: Emotive (a.) Attended by, or having the character of, emotion..

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..

Gusset :: Gusset (n.) A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; esp., the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler..

Steamer :: Steamer (n.) A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations..

Character :: Character (n.) Moral quality; the principles and motives that control the life; as, a man of character; his character saves him from suspicion..

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..

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..

Inducement :: Inducement (n.) That which induces; a motive or consideration that leads one to action or induces one to act; as, reward is an inducement to toil..

Disinterest :: Disinterest (v. t.) To divest of interest or interested motives.

Endopodite :: Endopodite (n.) The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilliped.

Base :: Base (a.) Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations..

Footboard :: Footboard (n.) The platform for the engineer and fireman of a locomotive.

Wing :: Wing (n.) Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.

Motivo :: Motivo (n.) See Motive, n., 3, 4..

Respect :: Respect (v.) Consideration; motive; interest.

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