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mo·ti·vate

Audio Help [moh-tuh-veyt] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used with object), -vat·ed, -vat·ing.

to provide with a motive or motives; incite; impel.

[Origin: 1860–65; motive + -ate¹

]

—Related forms

mo·ti·va·tor, noun

—Synonyms induce, move, provoke, prompt, cause.

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mo·ti·vate Audio Help (mō'tə-vāt') Pronunciation Key
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

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.

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motivate
verb
give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

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ˈmotivate [-veit] verb

to cause to act in a particular way
Example: He was motivated by jealousy.

Arabic:	يُحَفِّز
Chinese (Simplified):	激发
Chinese (Traditional):	激發
Czech:	podnítit
Danish:	motivere
Dutch:	drijven,aanzetten
Estonian:	ajendama
Finnish:	olla vaikuttimena
French:	pousser
German:	anregen
Greek:	ωθώ, παρακινώ
Hungarian:	motivál
Icelandic:	hvetja, kveikja löngun, *áhuga
Indonesian:	mendorong
Italian:	motivare

Japanese:	動機づける
Korean:	동기를 부여하다, 자극하다
Latvian:	motivēt; rosināt
Lithuanian:	skatinti
Norwegian:	motivere
Polish:	motywować
Portuguese (Brazil):	motivar
Portuguese (Portugal):	motivar
Romanian:	a împinge, a motiva
Russian:	побуждать
Slovak:	podnietiť
Slovenian:	spodbuditi
Spanish:	motivar
Swedish:	motivera
Turkish:	sebep olmak, güdülemek

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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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