Word: motivate
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: mo
ti
vate
Definition: To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.
Morphemes:
Affix: motive
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An 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.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: motivum
Language: LL.
Decoded: motivum
Meaning: motive, moving cause
Affix: -ate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: resembling the specified thing