Dictionary entry

Motivate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mo″ti‐vate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.-vated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.-vating (?).] [From Motive, n.] To provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite. — Mo′ti‐va″tion (#), n.William James.