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Adjective Synset: 300324195

Words: motivating, motivative, motive

Gloss: impelling to action; "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments"

similar to 300322457 - causative
derivationally related 100070641 - motivating, motivation
derivationally related 100023773 - motivation, motive, need
derivationally related 201649999 - actuate, incite, motivate, move, prompt, propel

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