Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - motive
Motive
motive
n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a factor or circumstance that induces a person to act in a particular way. 2 = MOTIF. --adj. 1 tending to initiate movement. 2 concerned with movement. --v.tr. = MOTIVATE. Phrases and idioms motive power a moving or impelling power, esp. a source of energy used to drive machinery. Derivatives motiveless adj. motivelessly adv. motivelessness n. motivity n. Etymology: ME f. OF motif (adj. & n.) f. LL motivus (adj.) (as MOVE)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French motif, ~, from motif, adjective, moving, from Medieval Latin motivus, from Latin motus, past participle of movēre to move Date: 15th century something (as a need or desire) that causes a person to act, a recurrent phrase or figure that is developed through the course of a musical composition, motif, ~less adjective ~lessly adverb motivic adjective Synonyms: see: ~ II. adjective Etymology: Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French motif, from Medieval Latin motivus Date: 1502 moving or tending to move to action, of or relating to motion or the causing of motion , III. transitive verb (~d; motiving) Date: circa 1650 motivate ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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