Definition of "motivate" []

• To provide with an incentive; move to action; impel. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Rarely does a title motivate and inspire me as Having It All has."
• "If I really wanted to learn how to orate in motivate people and get to know and understand the culture of my ethnic origin but wasn't ever exposed to ......."
• "Will FEU's second place win motivate them to work harder to win it next year?"