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1.nounAn idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
2.nounAn incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
3.nounA limb or other bodily organ that can move.
4.nounSomething which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour."No-one could understand why she had hidden the shovel; her motives were obscure at best."
5.nounA motif.
6.nounA motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated."If you listen carefully, you can hear the flutes mimicking the cello motive."