motivate
Example Sentences
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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
"This research can push us into thinking about how to use design characteristics of the human brain to motivate advances in human-centered, biologically inspired artificial intelligence," Barbey said.
From Science Daily
The Broomfield, Colo.-based company has sought this season to focus more on walk-up lift tickets to motivate people to visit its mountains.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
