mo·ti·vate
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Audio Help [moh-tuh-veyt] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -vat·ed, -vat·ing.
| to provide with a motive or motives; incite; impel. |
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motivate
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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. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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 |
| motivate | |
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| give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈmotivate [-veit] verb
to cause to act in a particular way
Example: He was motivated by jealousy.
See also: motiveExample: He was motivated by jealousy.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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