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Motive
Motive
n.
That
which
moves
; a
mover
.
Motive
n.
That
which
incites
to
action
;
anything
prompting
or
exciting
to
choise
, or
moving
the
will
;
cause
;
reason
;
inducement
;
object
.
Motive
n.
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
.
Motive
n.
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
.
Motive
a.
Causing
motion
;
having
power
to
move
, or
tending
to
move
; as, a
motive
argument
;
motive
power
.
Motive
v. t.
To
prompt
or
incite
by a
motive
or
motives
; to
move
.
Motiveless
a.
Destitute
of a
motive
;
not
incited
by a
motive
.
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