-vating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Motivate \Mo"ti*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {-vated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {-vating}.] [From {Motive}, n.]
     To provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite. --
     {Mo`ti*va"tion}, n. --William James.
  
     Syn: move, prompt, incite, induce impel, drive.


          [Webster 1913 Suppl.]