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Verb: motivate  'mow-tu,veyt
  1. Give an incentive for action
    "This motivated me to sacrifice my career";
    - actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite

Derived forms: motivating, motivated, motivates

Type of: cause, do, engender, make

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