Motivate
The crossword clue "Motivate" is answered by INSPIRE, a 7-letter entry. Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
INSPIRE
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INSPIRE answer page.
Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- INCENT (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for INSPIRE
Every other clue in this collection answered by INSPIRE, most used first.
- What muses do - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
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