All 6 Uses
motive
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White: The Great Pursuit
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- His motives are purely political.†
Chpt 12motives = reasons for doing something
- Her motives seemed pure.†
Chpt 17
- But he had ulterior motives now.†
Chpt 17
- Fortier has no acceptable motive for handing over the antivirus when our ships meet his in"—he glanced at his watch—"thirty-six hours now.†
Chpt 29 *motive = reason (for doing something)
- I'm giving you my motive for delivering Thomas of Hunter to you.†
Chpt 34
- Consider my motive.†
Chpt 34
Definitions:
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(1)
(motive as in: What is her motive?) a reason for doing something
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(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.