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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb motivate has 1 sense

• motivate(v = verb.creation) actuate, incite, move, prompt, propel - give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
is one way to cause, do, make
Derived forms noun motivation₁, noun motivation₃, noun motivation₂, adjective motivative₁, noun motivator₁, noun motive₁
Sample sentence:
They motivate him to write the letter

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THESAURUS

motivate

activate, actuate, animate, arouse, bring, bring about, bring on, cajole, call forth, cause, coax, compel, contrive, draw down, draw on, drive, drive on, effect, egg on, elicit, encourage, energize, evoke, excite, force, forward, foster, galvanize, get, give an impetus, give momentum, goad, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, lead, mobilize, move, move to action, nudge, obtain, occasion, persuade, pique, power, procure, prod, promote, prompt, propel, provoke, push, put in motion, quicken, rouse, set agoing, set going, set in motion, shove, spark, spur, stimulate, stir up, superinduce, tempt, thrust, urge, wheedle, whip on

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