3 uses
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Definition
to make someone want to do something
- He'd no longer be a grade-motivated person.Part 3 (7% in)
- What saved him from the wrath of everyone around him was partly an unwillingness to give any support to the enemies of the college, but also partly a begrudging understanding that all of his troublemaking was ultimately motivated by a mandate they were never free from themselves: the mandate to speak the rational truth.Part 2 (63% in)
- He'd be a knowledge-motivated person.Part 3 (8% in)
There are no more uses of "motivate" in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Typical Usage
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