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1. Provided with a motive or given incentive for action
   "a highly motivated child can learn almost anything"; "a group of politically motivated men"

1. Give an incentive for action
   "This motivated me to sacrifice my career"
   - actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite

See also: actuated, driven, impelled, intended, motivation, motivative, motivator

Type of: cause, do, engender, make

Antonym: unmotivated

Encyclopedia: Motivate