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motive |
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activating, active, actuating, aim, ambition, angle, animating, animus, antecedent, argument, aspiration, attraction, basis, burden, case, causal, causative, cause, chapter, compelling, concern, consideration, counsel, desideration, desideratum, design, desire, determinant, determination, device, directive, driving, effect, emotion, end, enticement, essence, feeling, figure, fixed purpose, focus of attention, focus of interest, function, gist, goad, goal, grounds, head, heading, idea, impellent, impelling, impulsive, in motion, incentive, incitement, inducement, inducive, influence, intendment, intent, intention, issue, kinetic, leitmotiv, living issue, lure, main point, matter, matter in hand, meaning, meat, mind, mobile, motif, motile, motivating, motivating force, motivation, motivational, motor, moving, nisus, object, objective, operative, passion, pattern, phrase, plan, point, point at issue, point in question, pressing, problem, prod, project, propellant, propelling, proposal, propulsive, propulsory, prospectus, pulsive, purpose, pushing, question, rationale, reason, resolution, resolve, rubric, sake, shoving, spring, spur, stimulation, stimulus, stirring, striving, study, subject, subject matter, subject of thought, substance, text, theme, thrusting, topic, transitional, traveling, urge, urgent, view, will
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motive power |
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activator, animator, appliance, arouser, bunt, butt, clout, compulsion, convenience, drive, driving force, energizer, engine, enginery, facility, fixture, human dynamo, impellent, impelling force, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incentive, incitement, irresistible force, life, locomotion, machine, machinery, mechanical aid, mechanical device, mechanism, mobility, moment, momentum, motility, motivating force, motivity, motor, movableness, power, power plant, power source, propelling, propelment, propulsion, pulsion, push, pushing, restorative, shove, shoving, shunt, spark plug, stimulant, stimulator, stimulus, thrust, tonic, utility
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| Main entries similar to: motive |
active, aim, ambition, animus, argument, aspiration, basis, burden, calling, case, cause, chapter, compelling, concern, consideration, constraint, counsel, desideratum, design, desire, determination, device, directive, driving, effect, essence, expectation, explanation, figure, function, gist, goal, ground, guiding light, guiding star, head, heading, idea, ideal, impelling, impulsive, in motion, inspiration, intent, intention, issue, lodestar, main point, mainspring, matter, meaning, meat, mind, mobile, motif, motion, motivational, motor, moving, pattern, phrase, plan, point, pressing, principle, problem, project, propellant, propelling, proposal, prospectus, provocation, purpose, pushing, question, reason, resolution, resolve, rubric, sake, score, seed, shoving, source, spring, spur, stimulus, stirring, striving, study, subject, subject matter, substance, text, theme, topic, transitional, traveling, urge, urgent, view, vocation, will
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