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goad

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  1. motive                
 
1. goad \'go-d\ n [ME gode, fr. OE ga-d spear, goad; akin to Langobardic 
   gaida)X spear, Skt hinoti he urges on 1: a pointed rod used to urge on an 
   animal  2a: something that pricks like a goad : THORN  2b: something that 
   urges : SPUR 
2. goad vt : to drive with a goad