motivate
Example Sentences
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The only motivating factor, ever, was Mr. Paxton’s unbounded ambition.
Sun has said that his investment in World Liberty wasn’t politically motivated.
The states would be motivated to determine the legitimacy of the payments before the money disappears down the fraud rathole.
Prosecutor Michael Bunch said the trio were "motivated by compassion and a desperate desire to do something", but they "acted unlawfully".
From BBC
Only a call from a persistent lawyer might motivate officers to actually find those items and return them by mail.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
