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— English words —

• motive n. (Obsolete) An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
• motive n. An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything…
• motive n. (Obsolete, rare) A limb or other bodily organ that can move.
• motive n. (Law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
• motive n. (Architecture, fine arts) A motif.
• motive n. (Music) A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated.
• motive v. (Transitive) To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
• motive adj. Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move.
• motive adj. Relating to motion and/or to its cause.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Romanian
  • motive n. Plural of motiv.
• Serbo-croatian
  • motive n. Accusative plural of motiv.
  • motive n. Vocative singular of motiv.
• Turkish
  • motive adj. Motivated.

— English words, defined in French —

• motive n. Motif, mobile ; raison qui pousse à accomplir une action.
• motive n. (Beaux-arts) Motif.
• motive n. (Musique) Thème, motif musical.
• motive v. Motiver.
• motive adj. Mobile, relatif au mouvement.
• motive adj. Moteur ; qui cause le mouvement.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• motive s. Motivo.
• motive adj. Motriz.

— In German —

• Motive V. Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Motiv.
• Motive V. Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Motiv.
• Motive V. Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Motiv.

— In French —

• motive v. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de motiver.
• motive v. Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de motiver.
• motive v. Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de motiver.
• motive v. Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de motiver.
• motive v. Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de motiver.
• motivé adj. Plein de motivation.
• motivé adj. Justifié.
• motivé n.m. (Droit) Partie d’une signification de jugement dans laquelle…
• motivé v. Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe motiver.

— In Spanish —

• motive v. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de motivar.
• motive v. Tercera persona del singular (ella, él, ello; usted, 2.ª…
• motive v. Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de motivar.
• motivé v. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto…

— In Portuguese —

• motive v. Primeira e terceira pessoa do singular do presente do modo…
• motive v. Terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo motivar.
• motive v. Terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo negativo do verbo motivar.

72 English words from 13 English definitions

Accusative act and and/or anything Architecture arts behaviour bodily can cause causes Causing central commit communication crime criminal divine emotion especially fine fine␣arts for from having idea incentive incite its Law limb makes motif motion Motivated motive motives move Music Obsolete often one organ other particular plural power prompt prompting rare reason Relating repeated singular someone something sources spiritual subject tending that that␣is the theme to␣the Transitive Vocative want way which work

25 English words from 27 foreign definitions

action arts Beaux Beaux␣arts cause dans del des Droit ello jugement masculin mobile motif motivation Motivo musical Musique passé perfecto persona Plural Première signification singular

57 foreign words from 27 foreign definitions

accomplir afirmativo Akkusativ Deuxième Deuxième␣personne ella Genitiv impératif imperativo indicatif Justifié laquelle modo Moteur Motiv motivar motiver Motriz mouvement negativo Nominativ Participe Participe␣passé Partie personne pessoa Plein pousse Première␣personne présent présent␣du␣subjonctif presente pretérito pretérito␣perfecto Primeira Primera Primera␣persona qui raison relatif Segunda Segunda␣persona singulier subjonctif subjuntivo Substantivs terceira terceira␣pessoa Tercera Tercera␣persona Thème Troisième Troisième␣personne une usted verbe verbo

10 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

motived motives motiveless motiveness motive␣power motivelessly motive␣powers motivelessness motive␣power␣depot motive␣power␣depots

31 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

emotives by-motives emotively unmotived submotives automotives emotiveness locomotives promotively unemotively promotiveness leading␣motives locomotiveness locomotive␣shed locomotive␣sheds ponderomotively road␣locomotives tank␣locomotives tram␣locomotives ulterior␣motives Meyer␣locomotives steam␣locomotives diesel␣locomotives automotive␣industry electromotive␣force magnetomotive␣force electric␣locomotives electromotive␣forces magnetomotive␣forces automotive␣industries condensing␣locomotives

43 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

emotive by-motive nonmotive promotive submotive unemotive automotive cytomotive locomotive manumotive nonemotive pedomotive vasomotive overemotive vibromotive hyperemotive pondermotive profit␣motive protonmotive psychomotive unlocomotive electromotive leading␣motive magnetomotive nonautomotive nonlocomotive ponderomotive appeal␣to␣motive hypolocomotive osteopromotive road␣locomotive tank␣locomotive tram␣locomotive ulterior␣motive hyperlocomotive Meyer␣locomotive steam␣locomotive diesel␣locomotive electric␣locomotive photoelectromotive thermoelectromotive condensing␣locomotive counterelectromotive

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

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7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Ito ITO tom Tom TOM VIT vit.

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

evomit move␣it

15 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

bevomit emotive evomits kmetovi mikveot misvote motived motives moves␣it revomit TV␣movie vetoism vicomte vomited vomiter

5 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Moeti movie Tomei Vimeo vomit

6 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

fotive -motide motile motivi motivo votive

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