motive
mo·tive (mōʹtĭv)n. 1. An emotion, desire, physiological need, or similar impulse that acts as an incitement to action. 2. (mōʹtĭv, mō-tēvʹ) A motif in art, literature, or music.adj. 1. Causing or able to cause motion: motive power. 2. Impelling to action: motive pleas. 3. Of or constituting an incitement to action.tr.v. mo·tived, mo·tiv·ing, mo·tives To motivate. [Middle English motif, motive, from Old French motif, from Late Latin mōtīvus, of motion, from Latin mōtus, past participle of movēre, to move. See meuə- in Indo-European Roots.]
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