(obsolete) An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.

(transitive) To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.

Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move / Relating to motion and/or to its cause

plural of motive

a hidden motive

simple past tense and past participle of motive

plural of by-motive

(archaic) Ability to move; mobility.

Effectively providing an incentive.

present participle of motivate