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Definition of Motive
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Motive
That which moves; a mover. That which incites to action; anything prompting or exciting to choise, or moving the will; cause; reason; inducement; object. 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. 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. Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power. To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move. Related Definitions:
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Motive Quotations
It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men. Jean de la Bruyere How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure. William James Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity. George Eliot What makes life dreary is the want of a motive. George Eliot It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. Eric Hoffer |
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Motive Translations
motive in Dutch is aanleiding motive in Finnish is vaikutin motive in French is occasion, lieu, motif motive in German is Beweggrund, Motiv motive in Italian is motivo motive in Latin is causa motive in Portuguese is motriz motive in Spanish is motivo, lugar |
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