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Definition of the day : « motivate »

  • verb stimulate, instigate
Example sentences :
  • These problems may then motivate you to enter individual therapy.
  • Extract from : « When You Don't Know Where to Turn » by Steven J. Bartlett
  • He had felt it before, but the feeling was strong enough now to motivate action.
  • Extract from : « Earthsmith » by Milton Lesser
  • Any sort of desire or need, left unsatisfied in the day, may motivate a dream.
  • Extract from : « Psychology » by Robert S. Woodworth
  • The essential thing about value is that it motivate our conduct.
  • Extract from : « Social Value » by B. M. Anderson
  • Again, the competitive impulse can often be used to motivate drill.
  • Extract from : « How to Teach Religion » by George Herbert Betts
  • This is needed to motivate effort and insure right impressions.
  • Extract from : « How to Teach Religion » by George Herbert Betts
  • Such a case appeals to us especially fitted to motivate the creation of projection formations.
  • Extract from : « Totem and Taboo » by Sigmund Freud
  • The principle of a law absolutely binding, requires the complete expulsion of the claim of desires to motivate action.
  • Extract from : « Ethics » by John Dewey and James Hayden Tufts
  • There is no call upon the commonwealth to motivate for the commission of crime, through pyramiding upon clemency that is spurned.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Types » by V. M. Masten
  • The emphasis is put on positive wants, as causes which guide and motivate industry.
  • Extract from : « The Value of Money » by Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.