All 3 Uses
motive
in
Like Water for Chocolate
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- Tita was so happy that she didn't realize that her mother—like John, except that she had a different motive—was not letting her out of sight for a single instant.†
Chpt 4 *motive = reason (for doing something)
- You know quite well what the motive was that joined me to your sister, but it turned out to be a pointless act, it didn't work, and now I think it would have been better to run away with you.†
Chpt 8
- Look, it would be better if we didn't dig up the past; I don't care what Pedro's motives were in marrying me.†
Chpt 11motives = reasons for doing something
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.