LekhoriLekhoriAn idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
there's something in a woman beyond all human delight; a magnetic virtue, a charming quality, an occult and powerful motive.
An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
Many of them at first seemed kind to him, but it turned out their motives were not entirely altruistic.
A limb or other bodily organ that can move.
every joint and motive of her body
To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move
a motive argument
From Middle English motif, from Anglo-Norman motif, Middle French motif, and their source, Late Latin motivum (“motive, moving cause”), neuter of motivus.
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