MOTIVED
Verb
motived
simple past tense and past participle of motive
Anagrams
• vomited
Source: Wiktionary
MOTIVE
Mo"tive, n. Etym: [F. motif, LL. motivum, from motivus moving, fr. L.
movere, motum, to move. See Move.]
1. That which moves; a mover. [Obs.] Shak.
2. That which incites to action; anything prompting or exciting to
choise, or moving the will; cause; reason; inducement; object.
By motive, I mean the whole of that which moves, excites, or invites
the mind to volition, whether that be one thing singly, or many
things conjunctively. J. Edwards.
3. (Mus.)
Definition: The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is
reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a
short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is
develpoed. See also Leading motive, under Leading. [Written also
motivo.]
4. (Fine Arts)
Definition: That which produces conception, invention, or creation in the
mind of the artist in undertaking his subject; the guiding or
controlling idea manifested in a work of art, or any part of one.
Syn.
– Incentive; incitement; inducement; reason; spur; stimulus; cause.
– Motive, Inducement, Reason. Motive is the word originally used in
speaking of that which determines the choice. We call it an
inducement when it is attractive in its nature. We call it a reason
when it is more immediately addressed to the intellect in the form of
argument.
Mo"tive, a.
Definition: Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a
motive argument; motive power. "Motive faculty." Bp. Wilkins. Motive
power (Mach.), a natural agent, as water, steam, wind, electricity,
etc., used to impart motion to machinery; a motor; a mover.
Mo"tive, v. t.
Definition: To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition