Definition of "motivates" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of motivate. (verb)

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• "Underdog tag motivates Pascal Pape 20 Oct 2011 Pascal Pape accepts France could be excused for feeling like World Cup outcasts as they prepare to tackle New Zealand in Sunday's final."
• "˜reasonable™, but this is not a point on the side of the rationalists, since they hold that reason by itself can motivate, and in this case it is affection, not reason that motivates, that is, that gets us doing something rather than nothing."
• ""Anytime you get one of those cheesy goals, it kind of motivates you and makes you more hungry to score more," defenseman Mike Green said."