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motivation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Motivate \Mo"ti*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {-vated}; p. pr & vb n. {-vating}.] [From {Motive}, n.] To provide with a motive; to move impel; induce; incite. -- {Mo`ti*va"tion}, n. --William James. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: motivation n : the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action the reason for the action "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives" [syn: {motive}, {need}]
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