Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to motive
Participle: motived
Gerund: motiving
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | motive |
| you | motive |
| he;she;it | motives |
| we | motive |
| you | motive |
| they | motive |
Perfect
| I | have motived |
| you | have motived |
| he;she;it | has motived |
| we | have motived |
| you | have motived |
| they | have motived |
Past
| I | motived |
| you | motived |
| he;she;it | motived |
| we | motived |
| you | motived |
| they | motived |
Pluperfect
| I | had motived |
| you | had motived |
| he;she;it | had motived |
| we | had motived |
| you | had motived |
| they | had motived |
Future
| I | will motive |
| you | will motive |
| he;she;it | will motive |
| we | will motive |
| you | will motive |
| they | will motive |
Future Perfect
| I | will have motived |
| you | will have motived |
| he;she;it | will have motived |
| we | will have motived |
| you | will have motived |
| they | will have motived |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | motive |
| you | motive |
| he;she;it | motive |
| we | motive |
| you | motive |
| they | motive |
Perfect
| I | have motived |
| you | have motived |
| he;she;it | have motived |
| we | have motived |
| you | have motived |
| they | have motived |
Imperfect
| I | motived |
| you | motived |
| he;she;it | motived |
| we | motived |
| you | motived |
| they | motived |
Pluperfect
| I | had motived |
| you | had motived |
| he;she;it | had motived |
| we | had motived |
| you | had motived |
| they | had motived |
Conditional
Present
| I | would motive |
| you | would motive |
| he;she;it | would motive |
| we | would motive |
| you | would motive |
| they | would motive |
Perfect
| I | would have motived |
| you | would have motived |
| he;she;it | would have motived |
| we | would have motived |
| you | would have motived |
| they | would have motived |
Imperative
| you | motive |
| we | Let's motive |
| you | motive |
Verbs conjugated like 'motive'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'motive'
cotise,
iotize,
moeve,
mortice,
mortise,
mote,
motion,
motivate,
mottle,
move,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1362, "something brought forward," from O.Fr. motif (n.), from motif (fem. motive), adj., "moving," from M.L. motivus "moving, impelling," from L. motus, pp. of movere "to move" (see move). Meaning "that which inwardly moves a person to behave a certain way" is from c.1412.
2. Etymology tree
3. Anglo-Norman motifder.
4. Middle French motifder.
5. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-
6. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
7. Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
8. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti
9. Proto-Italic *moweō
10. Latin moveō
11. Latin mōtus
12. Proto-Indo-European *-wós
13. Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
14. Latin -īvus
15. Late Latin mōtīvumder.
16. Middle English motif
17. English motive
18. From Middle English motif, from Anglo-Norman motif, Middle French motif, and their source, Late Latin motivum (“motive, moving cause”), neuter of motivus.
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