Motive meaning : An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting. 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. A limb or other bodily organ that can move. Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour. A motif. A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated. 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