motivate
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Late Latin moveō Late Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Late Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English motivate From motive + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French motiver.
- derived from motiver
- derived from -ate English motivate From motive + -ate
- derived from -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder
- derived from motifder
- derived from motifder
Definitions
To provide someone with an incentive to do something
To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate.
- The weekly staff meeting was meant to motivate employees.
To animate
To animate; to propel; to cause to take action.
- He was motivated purely by self-interest.
- Steam-motivated pumps are used in manufacturing.
The neighborhood
- neighbormotivation
- neighbormotive
Derived
mismotivate, motivatable, motivated, motivative, motivator, remotivate, unmotivate
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at motivate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at motivate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at motivate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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