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Definition of Motives

Motive
Motive Mo"tive, a. Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power. ``Motive faculty.' --Bp. Wilkins. Motive power (Mach.), a natural agent, as water, steam, wind, electricity, etc., used to impart motion to machinery; a motor; a mover.
Motive
Motive Mo"tive, n. [F. motif, LL. motivum, from motivus moving, fr. L. movere, motum, to move. See Move.] 1. That which moves; a mover. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. 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. --J. Edwards. 3. (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.] 4. (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. Syn: Incentive; incitement; inducement; reason; spur; stimulus; cause. Usage: Motive, Inducement, Reason. Motive is the word originally used in speaking of that which determines the choice. We call it an inducement when it is attractive in its nature. We call it a reason when it is more immediately addressed to the intellect in the form of argument.
Motive
Motive Mo"tive, v. t. To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.

Meaning of Motives from wikipedia

- Look up motive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Motive(s) or The Motive(s) may refer to: Motivation Motive (law) Motives (film), a 2004 thriller The...
- "Ulterior Motives" is a song recorded by British-Canadian filmmakers and musicians Christopher and Philip Booth in the mid-1980s, first appearing in the...
- Ten Motives is a British electronic cigarette brand owned by British American Tobacco. The Ten Motives company in Cheshire was founded by Art Devlin who...
- 2015-10-15. Types of Motives: Biological, Social and Personal Motives. (n.d.). Retrieved October 14, 2014. Hessick, Carrisa (2006). "Motive's Role in Criminal...
- Home Entertainment released Motives on DVD on February 24, 2004. Don Houston of DVD Talk rated it 3/5 stars and wrote, "Motives combines some fine acting...
- "Ulterior Motive", a 2003 single by Pendulum Ulterior Motives (film), also known as Kill Fee, a 1993 martial arts action thriller film "Ulterior Motives" (song)...
- Motivic cohomology is an invariant of algebraic varieties and of more general schemes. It is a type of cohomology related to motives and includes the Chow...
- ISBN 978-1-4616-7275-3. "Ulterior Motives". Turner classic Movies. Retrieved 2023-08-17. Ulterior Motives (1993), retrieved 2023-08-17 "Ulterior Motives". TVGuide.com. Retrieved...
- Motives 2: Retribution is a 2007 direct-to-video sequel to the 2004 thriller film Motives starring Brian J. White, Vivica A. Fox and Sean Blakemore. The...
- have identified and investigated three cardinal self-evaluation motives (or self-motives) relevant to the development, maintenance, and modification of...