| Motive (motive) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Mo"tive |
| [F. motif, LL.
motivum, from motivus moving, fr. L. movere,
motum, to move. See Move.] |
That
which moves; a mover.
That which incites to action; anything
prompting or exciting to choise, or moving the will; cause; reason;
inducement; object.
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.
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.
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Causing motion; having
power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument;
motive power.
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| Motive (motive) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Mo"tive |
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To prompt or
incite by a motive or motives; to move.
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