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What is the verb for motive?

What's the verb for motive? Here's the word you're looking for.

motive
  1. (transitive) To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “You wish to motive him to improve his classroom behavior. So, you approach him during an unstructured break and make a special deal with him.”
motived
  1. simple past tense and past participle of motive
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Coalition officials have said they believe most of the attackers are motived by personal animus and are not Taliban infiltrators.”
      “The way I dated was motived by the desire to be validated in someone's eyes.”
      “Sunder Katwala at Next Left says that Cameron appears to be motived by convenience, not principle.”
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