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Motivate

//ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate. transitive

    "The weekly staff meeting was meant to motivate employees."

  2. 2
    give an incentive for action wordnet
  3. 3
    To animate; to propel; to cause to take action. transitive

    "He was motivated purely by self-interest."

Etymology

From motive + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French motiver.

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