Verb

• S: (v) motivate (motivate%2:36:00::), actuate (actuate%2:36:02::), propel (propel%2:36:00::), move (move%2:36:00::), prompt (prompt%2:36:00::), incite (incite%2:36:00::) (give an incentive for action) "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
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• W: (adj) motivative (motivative%3:00:00:causative:00) [Related to: motivate] (impelling to action) "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments"
• W: (n) motivation (motivation%1:26:00::) [Related to: motivate] (the condition of being motivated) "his motivation was at a high level"
• W: (n) motivation (motivation%1:04:00::) [Related to: motivate] (the act of motivating; providing incentive)
• W: (n) motivation (motivation%1:03:00::) [Related to: motivate] (the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior) "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"
• W: (n) motive (motive%1:03:00::) [Related to: motivate] (the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior) "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"
• W: (n) motivator (motivator%1:16:00::) [Related to: motivate] (a positive motivational influence)
• W: (n) act (act%1:03:00::) [Related to: actuate] (something that people do or cause to happen)
• W: (n) propulsion (propulsion%1:04:00::) [Related to: propel] (the act of propelling)
• W: (n) incitement (incitement%1:10:01::) [Related to: incite] (needed encouragement) "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation"
• W: (n) incitation (incitation%1:16:00::) [Related to: incite] (something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action)
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• S: (v) incite (incite%2:32:00::), instigate (instigate%2:32:00::), set off (set_off%2:32:00::), stir up (stir_up%2:32:00::) (provoke or stir up) "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
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• S: (v) prod (prod%2:35:00::), incite (incite%2:35:00::), egg on (egg_on%2:35:00::) (urge on; cause to act) "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"