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motive

Motive is a 6 letter word which starts with the letter M and ends with the letter E for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(n.) That which moves; a mover.
(n.) That which incites to action; anything prompting or exciting to choise or moving the will; cause; reason; inducement; object.
(n.) The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short figure or melodic germ out of which a whole movement is develpoed. See also Leading motive under Leading.
(n.) That which produces conception invention or creation in the mind of the artist in undertaking his subject; the guiding or controlling idea manifested in a work of art or any part of one.
(a.) Causing motion; having power to move or tending to move; as a motive argument; motive power.

Syllable Information

The word motive is a 6 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for motive is: mo-tive


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