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motive

noun: 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"

noun: a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music

noun: a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration

adj: causing or able to cause motion; "a motive force"; "motive power"; "motor energy"

adj: impelling to action; "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments"


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motive

Length: 6 letters

Scrabble value: 11

Words with Friends value: 10

Literati value: 9

TWL (USA): Found

SOWPODS (UK): Found


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