| laudable |
| 1. adj. Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable | |
| laudable motives - | |
| laudable actions - | |
| laudable ambition - | |
| 2. adj. Healthy; salubrious; having a disposition to promote healing | |
| laudable juices of the body - | |
| laudable pus - | |
| motives |
| 1. n. plural of motive | |
| motive |
| 1. n. (obsolete) An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting. | |
| 2. n. 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. | |
| 3. n. (obsolete, rare) A limb or other bodily organ that can move. | |
| 4. n. (legal) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour. | |
| What would his motive be for burning down the cottage? | |
| No-one could understand why she had hidden the shovel; her motives were obscure at best. | |
| 5. n. (architecture, fine arts) A motif. | |
| 6. n. (music) A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated. | |
| If you listen carefully, you can hear the flutes mimicking the cello motive. | |
| 7. v. To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move. | |
| 8. adj. Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move | |
| a motive argument | |
| motive power | |
| 9. adj. Relating to motion and/or to its cause | |
