Usually means: Inspires action, encourages, drives forward.
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  1. motivative: Merriam-Webster
  2. motivative: Collins English Dictionary
  3. motivative: Vocabulary.com
  4. motivative: Wiktionary
  5. motivative: Dictionary.com
  6. motivative: FreeDictionary.org
  7. motivative: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. motivative: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. motivative: Encyclopedia

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  1. motivative: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See motivate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (motivative)

adjective:  motivating; serving to motivate
adjective:  (grammar) In, marked by or pertaining to the motivative case.
noun:  (grammar) The motivative case, a case found in some languages (for example Basque) which marks the meaning "because of".

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