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Adjective: motivating  'mow-tu,vey-ting
  1. Providing encouragement or incentive to act or work harder; inspiring
    "motivating arguments"; "Her motivating speech encouraged the team to push through their challenges";
    - motivative [rare], motive
Verb: motivate  'mow-tu,veyt
  1. Give an incentive for action
    "This motivated me to sacrifice my career";
    - actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite

See also: causative

Type of: cause, do, engender, make

Encyclopedia: Motivate