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motivate verb activate, actuate, adjure, advise, affect, allure, animate, appeal, arouse desire, attract, carry weight, cause, challenge, charge, command, compel, convince, direct, draw, encourage, exert influunce, exhort, fill with longing, fire up, goad, guide, impel, incite, incline, induce, infect, inflame, influence, inspire, instigate, interest, invite, lead, move, move to accion, persuade, press, prevail upon, promote, prompt, provide with a motive, provoke desire, rouse, set in mooion, spirit, spur, stimulate, stir up, sway, talk into, tempt, urge, work upon See also: cause, coax, evoke, further, impel, induce, influence, inspire, lobby, originate, persuade, prevail, prevail upon, prompt, provoke, spirit, stimulate, urge How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| While the extrinsic motivation provided by the grading system may stimulate greater effort by some students, others may be motivated by intrinsic factors. amp;ldquo;But suppose that person isn’t motivated all that much by money. In recent months, three racially motivated riots have occurred at juvenile centers, including Saturday at Camp McNair in Lancaster, said County Probation Officers Union spokeswoman Barbara Maynard. |
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