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motivate
/ˈməʊtɪveɪt/
verb
To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.
"The weekly staff meeting was meant to motivate employees."
To animate; to propel; to cause to take action
"He was motivated purely by self-interest."
Antonymsdemotivate
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