motiv

An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.

(law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.

(British) A party, gathering, or get-together.

(British) One's plans for the day or night.

(obsolete) An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.

(obsolete, rare) A limb or other bodily organ that can move.

(architecture, fine arts, music) Alternative form of motif. [A recurring or dominant element; an artistic theme.]

(transitive) To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.

Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move

Relating to motion and/or to its cause