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- 5 dictionary resultsmo⋅ti⋅vate
[moh-tuh-veyt] 
təˌveɪt
–verb (used with object), -vat⋅ed, -vat⋅ing.
| to provide with a motive or motives; incite; impel. |
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| mo·ti·vate (mō'tə-vāt') tr.v. mo·ti·vat·ed, mo·ti·vat·ing, mo·ti·vates To provide with an incentive; move to action; impel. mo'ti·va'tor n. |
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Motivate
Mo"ti*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. -vated; p. pr. & vb. n. -vating.] [From Motive, n.] To provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite. -- Mo`ti*va"tion, n. --William James.
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Language Translation for : Motivate
Spanish:
motivar,
German:
anregen,
Japanese:
動機づける
motivate
1885, "to stimulate toward action," from motive (q.v.), perhaps modeled on Fr. motiver or Ger. motivieren. Motivation first recorded 1873; the psychological sense of "inner or social stimulus for an action" is from 1904.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: mo·ti·vate
Pronunciation: 'mOt-&-"vAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -vat·ed; -vat·ing
: to provide with a motive or serve as a motive for —mo·ti·va·tive /-"vAt-iv/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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