- MOTIVE: MOTIVES
- [N]MOVENTIA (-IUM) (PL)
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MOTIVE: MOTIVES
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motivé — motivé, ée adj. Soutenu, stimulé par une motivation. ⇒MOTIVÉ, ÉE, part. passé et adj. I. Part. passé de motiver (v. ce mot I B). Suscité. Il y a bien des actes, de vilains actes motivés par de l argent (GONCOURT, Journal, 1895, p.740). II.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
motive# — motive n 1 Motive, spring, impulse, incentive, inducement, spur, goad all denote a stimulus inciting or prompting a person to act or behave in a definite way. Motive applies chiefly to such an emotion as fear, anger, hatred, or love or to a… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
motive — mo·tive n [Anglo French motif, from Middle French motif adjective, moving, from Medieval Latin motivus, from Latin motus, past participle of movēre to move]: something (as a need or desire) that causes a person to act ◇ In criminal law, motive is … Law dictionary
Motive — may refer to: Contents 1 Criminal law 2 Creative or artistic work 3 Computing … Wikipedia
motive — [mōt′iv] n. [ME motif < OFr motif (adj.) < ML motivus, moving < L motus, pp. of movere, to MOVE] 1. some inner drive, impulse, intention, etc. that causes a person to do something or act in a certain way; incentive; goal 2. MOTIF (sense… … English World dictionary
Motive — Mo tive, v. t. To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
motivé — motivé, ée (mo ti vé, vée) part. passé de motiver. • La France est le seul pays où les arrêts ne soient pas motivés, comme c est aussi le seul où l on achète le droit de juger les hommes, VOLT. Lett. Damilaville, 13 juin 1766. Terme de… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Motive (algebraic geometry) — For other uses, see Motive (disambiguation). In algebraic geometry, a motive (or sometimes motif, following French usage) denotes some essential part of an algebraic variety . To date, pure motives have been defined, while conjectural mixed… … Wikipedia
motive — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hidden, ulterior ▪ good, strong ▪ I d say he had a very strong motive for wanting her dead. ▪ altruistic, high … Collocations dictionary
motive — n. 1) to establish, find a motive 2) to question smb. s motives 3) altruistic; base; honorable; humane; noble; selfish; ulterior motives; the highest motives (to have nothing but the highest motives) 4) the profit motive 5) an underlying motive… … Combinatory dictionary
motive — I UK [ˈməʊtɪv] / US [ˈmoʊtɪv] noun [countable] Word forms motive : singular motive plural motives ** a) the reason that you do something Her motive was a genuine desire to improve conditions. motive for: The motive for the attack is still unknown … English dictionary
