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Motivate

/ˈməʊtəveɪt/

To provide a reason or incentive for someone to take action or behave in a particular way.

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And we admit that they motivated the actions of Clyde Griffiths.

In fact, it kicks you on and inspires and motivates.

Yet the thing once done, a wild convulsive pleasure motivating both.

Derived from the Latin motivare meaning to move. It relates to the concept of making someone eager or willing to do a certain task.

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