motivates

/M OW1 T AH0 V EY0 T S/
verb
  1. 1

    To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.

    โ€œThe weekly staff meeting was meant to motivate employees.โ€

  2. 2

    To animate; to propel; to cause to take action

    โ€œHe was motivated purely by self-interest.โ€

Antonyms

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/motivate, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/motivates