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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. impelling to action;
- Example: "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap
- Example: "motive pleas"
- Example: "motivating arguments"
[syn: motivative(a), motive(a), motivating]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

motivating \motivating\ motivative \motivative\adj.
   causing motion or impelling to action; providing a motive[2];
   as, motivating arguments.

   Syn: motive(prenominal).
        [WordNet 1.5]

              It may well be that ethical language has primarily
              a motivative function               --Arthur Pap


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

motivative
    adj 1: impelling to action; "it may well be that ethical
           language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur
           Pap; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments" [syn:
           motivative(a), motive(a), motivating]