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1. Motive
   In music, the motive is the theme or subject taking the form of a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor or a movement. It is a short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is developed.
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2. Motive
   The USS Motive was an American Auk Class minesweeper of 890 tons displacement launched in 1942. The USS Motive was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 18 knots and carried a complement of 105. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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3. motive
   a short repeated pattern which can be melodic, rhythmic, or both.
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4. motive
   a test frequently found in tax rules intended to prevent tax avoidance,and which may provide that certain consequences will follow if the sole,main or principal purpose of certain transactions is tax reduction Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • a single motor vehicle eith...
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5. Motive
   Mo'tive noun [ French motif , Late Latin motivum , from motivus moving, from Latin movere , motum , to move. See Move .] 1. That which moves; a mover. [ Obsolete] Shak. 2. That which ...
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6. Motive
   Mo'tive adjective Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power. ' Motive faculty.' Bp. Wilkins. Motive power (Machinery) , a natural agent, as water, steam...
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7. Motive
   Mo'tive transitive verb To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
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8. motive
   Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power. 'Motive faculty. ... <machinery> ' Motive power, a natural agent, as water, steam, wind, electricity, etc, used to impart motion to machinery; a motor; a mover. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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9. motive
   motive
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10. 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. • (a.) Causing motion; having power to move...
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11. motive
    (from the article `Voevodsky, Vladimir`) ...built on the work of one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th century, the 1966 Fields Medalist Alexandre Grothendieck. Grothendieck ...
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12. motive
    in music, a leading phrase or figure that is reproduced and varied through the course of a composition or movement. See melody.
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13. motive
    The reason for a character´s actions, movements, words ...
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14. motive
    reason
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15. motive
    motive or motif (mōtēf') , in music, a short phrase or passage of two or more notes and repeated or elaborated throughout the composition. The term is usually used synonymously with figure. A special kind of motive is the leitmotiv, wherein a character or a dramatic idea is represent...
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16. Motive
    (Lat. motus, from movere, to move) An animal drive or desire which consciously or unconsciously operates as a determinant of an act of volition. -- L.W.
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17. Motive
    The inducement, cause or reason why a thing is done.When there is such a mistake in the motive, that had the truth been known, the contract would pot have been made, it is generally void., For example, if a man should, after the death of Titius, of which he was ignorant, insure his life, the error o...
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18. Motive
    In the criminal law, it refers to the reasons because of which the person commited the crime. It can be greed, malice, fear, revenge or anything which makes the state of mind belief or emotionally binding to commit certain act which can be a crime.The prosecution need not have an evidence to proof the motive unlike the "intent" which need...
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19. motive
    n. in criminal investigation the probable reason a person committed a crime, such as jealousy, greed, revenge or part of a theft. While evidence of a motive may be admissible at trial, proof of motive is not necessary to prove a crime.
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20. motive
    Type: Term Pronunciation: mō′tiv Definitions: 1. An acquired predisposition, need, or specific state of tension within a person that arouses, maintains, and directs behavior toward a goal. 2. The reason attributed to or given by a person for a behavioral act. Synonyms: learned drive
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21. Motive
    (algebraic geometry) In algebraic geometry, a `motive` (or sometimes `motif`, following French usage) denotes `some essential part of an algebraic variety`. To date, pure motives have been defined, while conjectural mixed motives have not. Pure motives are triples (X, p, m), where X...
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22. Motive
    (law) A `motive`, in law, especially criminal law, is the cause that moves people to induce a certain action.<ref name="Garner"> "Motive" describes instead the reasons in the accused`s background and station in life that are supposed to have induced the crime. Motive is...
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23. Motive
    (album) | Name = Motive | Type = studio | Single 1 = Train | Single 1 date = 1990 --> --> `Motive` is the second album from Red Box and was released in 1990. Track listing: All songs written and composed by Simon Toulson-Clarke, except where noted. East West Records LP: WX381 : East ...
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