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1. insanı motive eden şey, güdü, saik.
2. müz. motif. s.
3. hareket ettirici, devindirici, itici.
4. güdüsel. neden, güdü, dürtü, devindirici, hareket ettirici, muharrik. güdü,sebep. sebep. i.
5. güdüsel. güdü, dürtü, âmil, hareket ettirici, neden.
6. motif, müz; muharrik, devindirici; itici, hareket meydana getiren; güdü, saik, i, s; harekete getirmek, hareket ettirmek; güdüsel; harekete ait; devitken, başlıca konuya bağlamak, edeb, motif/neden.
7. neden. güdü. dürtü. devindirici. hareket ettirici.
8. güdü. saik. niyet. amil. itki. mucip. muharrik. saika. sebep.
9. sebep.
10. güdü. neden. dürtü. devindirici. hareket ettirici. muharrik.

Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French motif, from motif, adjective, moving, from Medieval Latin motivus, from Latin motus, past participle of movEre to move
Pronunciation : 'mO-tiv, 2 is also mO-'
Function : noun
Date : 15th century

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1. something that causes a person to act, cause, incentive, purpose, intention; motif. of motion, of reason or cause; inspiring to action. motive\mo"tive\, a. causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power. "motive faculty." wilkins.motive power (mach.), a natural agent, as water, steam, wind, electricity, etc., used to impart motion to machinery; a motor; a mover.motive \mo"tive\ , n. [f. motif, ll. motivum, from motivus moving, fr. l. movere, motum, to move. see: move.].
2. that which moves; a mover. [obs.].
3. that which incites to action; anything prompting or exciting to choise, or moving the will; cause; reason; inducement; object. by motive, i mean the whole of that which moves, excites, or invites the mind to volition, whether that be one thing singly, or many things conjunctively. edwards.
4. (mus.) the theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is develpoed. see also: leading motive, under leading. [written also motivo.].
5. (fine arts) that which produces conception, invention, or creation in the mind of the artist in undertaking his subject; the guiding or controlling idea manifested in a work of art, or any part of one.
6. motivated.
7. That which moves; a mover.
8. That which incites to action; anything prompting or exciting to choise, or moving the will; cause; reason; inducement; object.
9. The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is develpoed.
10. See also Leading motive, under Leading.
11. That which produces conception, invention, or creation in the mind of the artist in undertaking his subject; the guiding or controlling idea manifested in a work of art, or any part of one.
12. Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power.
13. To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
14. Your motive for doing something is your reason for doing it. Police have ruled out robbery as a motive for the killing. the motives and objectives of British foreign policy. the motive power or force for a machine, vehicle etc makes it move.