Motivative

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

  motivating \motivating\ motivative \motivative\adj.
     causing motion or impelling to action; providing a motive[2];
     as, motivating arguments.
  
     Syn: motive(prenominal).
          [WordNet 1.5]


  
                It may well be that ethical language has primarily
                a motivative function               --Arthur Pap

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  motivative
       adj : impelling to action; "it may well be that ethical language
             has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap;
             "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments" [syn: {motivative(a)},
              {motive(a)}, {motivating}]