What is "motivates"

Usage examples of "motivates".

Feeling encouraged motivates him to give her the loving reassurance that she needs.

It is first of all the true scientific curiosity, in fact, true wondering, dreaming curiosity in general, that motivates us, plus a desire to fill in the missing pieces in the most startling or unusual way.

By the very element that motivates these creatures, that made them decide to become bounty hunters in the first place.