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[ verb ] give an incentive

Examples

"This moved me to sacrifice my career"

Used in print

(Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)

It is obvious that the historian who seeks to recapture the ideas that have motivated human behavior throughout a given period will find the art and literature of that age one of his central and major concerns , by_no_means a mere supplement or adjunct of significant historical research .

(Committee for Economic Development, Distressed...)

A related question is whether unemployed workers can be motivated to take the training provided .

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