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TELIC
Etymology
Adjective
telic (comparative more telic, superlative most telic)
Tending or directed towards a goal or specific end.
(grammar) That expresses an end or purpose.
(linguistics) That expresses the perfective aspect.
Antonyms
• (directed towards a specific end): paratelic
• (grammar: expressing an end or purpose): atelic
Anagrams
• cleit
Source: Wiktionary
Tel"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Gram.)
Definition: Denoting the final end or purpose, as distinguished from ecbatic. See Ecbatic. Gibbs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MOTIVE
(adjective) impelling to action; “it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function”- Arthur Pap; “motive pleas”; “motivating arguments”
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