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- adjective form of motive
nounmotive (noun) · motives (plural noun)- a reason for doing something, especially one that is hidden or not obvious:"a motive for his murder"
- (in art, literature, or music) a motif:"the entire work grows organically from the opening horn motive"
adjectivemotive (adjective)- producing physical or mechanical motion:"the charge of gas is the motive force for every piston stroke"
- causing or being the reason for something:"the motive principle of a writer's work"
Originlate Middle English: from Old French motif (adjective used as a noun), from late Latin motivus, from movere ‘to move’.Similar and Opposite Wordsnounadjective- producing physical or mechanical motion:
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