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adv.
In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my motives.
a.
Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power.
n.
A state in which the love of honor is the ruling motive.
v. t.
To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
adv.
In a wicked manner; in a manner, or with motives and designs, contrary to the divine law or the law of morality; viciously; corruptly; immorally.
n.
Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
n.
An examination into one's own state, conduct, and motives, particularly in regard to religious feelings and duties.
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Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.
n.
One of an association of robbers and murderers in India who practiced murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives. They have been nearly exterminated by the British government.
n.
Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.
n.
Specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug.
a.
Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive.
n.
The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is develpoed. See also Leading motive, under Leading.
v. t.
To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow.
n.
The unit of electro-motive force; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by United States Statute as, that electro-motive force which steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one ohm will produce a current of one ampere. It is practically equivalent to / the electro-motive force of a standard Clark's cell at a temperature of 15¡ C.
n.
Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like; as, to commit crime for the sake of gain; to go abroad for the sake of one's health.
a.
Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.
v. t.
To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
a.
Having no temptation or motive; as, a temptationless sin.
v. t.
To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical attention; to regard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures of administration; to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals.
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