All 16 Uses

motive
in
Murder On The Orient Express
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Motive-Possibly arising out of association with dead man?†
Chpt 3.1

motive = reason (for doing something)
Motive-None.†
Chpt 3.1
Motive-Possibly arising out of connection with deceased, whose valet he was.†
Chpt 3.1
Motive-None.†
Chpt 3.1
Motive-None.†
Chpt 3.1
Motive-Was intimately acquainted with Armstrong family, and godmother to Sonia Armstrong.†
Chpt 3.1
Motive-None.†
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Motive-None.†
Chpt 3.1
Motive-None.†
Chpt 3.1
Motive-None known.†
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Motive-None known.†
Chpt 3.1
Motive-None Alibi-Midnight to 2 A.M. (Vouched for by Greta Ohlsson.)†
Chpt 3.1
Motive-None.†
Chpt 3.1
She will be questioned, her connection with the Armstrong family will be brought out —et voil Ã : motive —andan incriminating article of evidence.†
Chpt 3.3
Of all the people on the train I alone had probably the best motive for killing him.†
Chpt 3.4
Even if in the end everybody on the train proves to have had a motive for killing Ratchett, we have to know.†
Chpt 3.8 *

Definitions:

(1) (motive as in: What is her motive?)
a reason for doing something
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Less commonly, motive can refer to something that causes motion in an inanimate object. Even less commonly, it can refer to a distinctive feature in music, art, or literature.