Word: motivated
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: mo
ti
va
ted
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of motivate; give an incentive for action
Morphemes:
Affix: motive
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: motivum
Language: LL.
Decoded: motivum
Meaning: motive, moving cause
Affix: -ate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: to act in the specified manner
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.