Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
2. Causes of Volition
#615. Motive.—N. motive, springs of action, wellsprings of action.
reason, ground, call, principle; by end, by purpose; mainspring,
primum mobile[Lat], keystone; the why and the wherefore; pro and
con, reason why; secret motive, arriere pensee[Fr]; intention &c.
Chapters
- Chapter 1 Ch.1
- 1. BEING, IN THE ABSTRACT Ch.2
- 2. BEING, IN THE CONCRETE Ch.3
- 3. FORMAL EXISTENCE Ch.4
- 4. MODAL EXISTENCE Ch.5
- 1. ABSOLUTE RELATION Ch.6
- 140. discriminate &c. 465. Adj. differing &c. v.; different, diverse, Ch.7
- 2. CONTINUOUS RELATION Ch.8
- 3. PARTIAL RELATION Ch.9
- 4. GENERAL RELATION Ch.10
- 1. SIMPLE QUANTITY Ch.11
- 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY Ch.12
- 642. great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world; Ch.13
- 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY Ch.14
- 300. V. add, annex, affix, superadd[obs3], subjoin, superpose; clap on, Ch.15
- 4. CONCRETE QUANTITY Ch.16
- 1. ORDER IN GENERAL Ch.17
- 2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER Ch.18
- 280. place before; prefix; premise, prelude, preface. Adj. preceding Ch.19
- 280. Phr. seniores priores[Lat]; prior tempore prior jure[Lat]. Ch.20
- 3. COLLECTIVE ORDER Ch.21
- 4. DISTRIBUTIVE ORDER Ch.22
- 5. ORDER AS REGARDS CATEGORIES Ch.23
- 240. Phr. "harmoniously confused" [Pope]; "variety's the very spice of Ch.24
- 1. NUMBER, IN THE ABSTRACT Ch.25
- 86. [Operations] notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, Ch.26
- 2. DETERMINATE NUMBER Ch.27
- 3. INDETERMINATE NUMBER Ch.28
- 1. ABSOLUTE TIME Ch.29
- 2. RELATIVE TIME Ch.30
- 152. Adj. future, to come; coming &c. (impending) 152; next, near; Ch.31
- 3. RECURRENT TIME Ch.32
- 1. SIMPLE CHANGE Ch.33
- 270. changeableness &c. 149; tergiversation &c. (change of mind) 607. Ch.34
- 2. COMPLEX CHANGE Ch.35
- 1. CONSTANCY OF SEQUENCE IN EVENTS Ch.36
- 2. CONNECTION BETWEEN CAUSE AND EFFECT Ch.37
- 683. anaemia, bloodlessness, deficiency of blood, poverty of blood. Ch.38
- 3. POWER IN OPERATION Ch.39
- 729. flowering, fructification; inflorescence. bringing forth &c. v.: Ch.40
- 4. INDIRECT POWER Ch.41
- 5. COMBINATIONS OF CAUSES Ch.42
- 14. V. counteract; run counter, clash, cross; interfere with, conflict Ch.43
- 1. ABSTRACT SPACE Ch.44
- 2. RELATIVE SPACE Ch.45
- 3. EXISTENCE IN SPACE Ch.46
- 1000. hamlet, village, thorp[obs3], dorp[obs3], ham, kraal; borough, Ch.47
- 1. GENERAL DIMENSIONS Ch.48
- 53. [interval of time] period &c. 108; interim (time) 106. V. gape &c. Ch.49
- 2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS Ch.50
- 3. CENTRICAL DIMENSIONS Ch.51
- 717. roof, ceiling, thatch, tile; pantile, pentile[obs3]; tiling, Ch.52
- 1. General Form Ch.53
- 2. Special Form Ch.54
- 3. Superficial Form Ch.55
- 1. Motion in General Ch.56
- 683. pause, lull &c. (cessation) 142; stand still; standing still &c. Ch.57
- 285. [Thing transferred] drift. V. transfer, transmit, transport, Ch.58
- 2. Degrees of Motion Ch.59
- 113. under press of sail, under press of canvas, under press of sail Ch.60
- 3. Motion conjoined with Force Ch.61
- 972. come into a collision, enter into collision; collide; sideswipe; Ch.62
- 4. Motion with reference to Direction Ch.63
- introduction; insinuation &c. (intervention) 228; planting, &c. v.; Ch.64
- 629. Adj. turning &c. v.; circuitous; circumforaneous[obs3], Ch.65
- 1. Solid Matter Ch.66
- 2. FLUID MATTER Ch.67
- 3. IMPERFECT FLUIDS Ch.68
- 1. VITALITY Ch.69
- 193. [reptiles] alligator, crocodile; saurian; dinosaur [extinct]; Ch.70
- 2. SENSATION Ch.71
- 954. treat; refreshment, regale; feast; delice[Fr]; dainty &c. 394; Ch.72
- 225. still; refinery; fractionating column, fractionating tower, Ch.73
- 382. Adj. heated &c. v.; molten, sodden; rchauff; heating &c. v.; Ch.74
- 581. soft, solemn, awful, deathlike, silent as the grave; inaudible &c. Ch.75
- 445. [Science of light] optics; photology[obs3], photometry; Ch.76
- 431. Adj. gray, grey; iron-gray, dun, drab, dingy, leaden, livid, Ch.77
- 193. [instruments for measuring] bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, Ch.78
- 463. testimony, testification[obs3], expert testimony; attestation; Ch.79
- 156. V. be probable &c. adj.; give color to, lend color to; point to; Ch.80
- 484. dogmatize, lay down the law. Adj. certain, sure, assured &c. v.; Ch.81
- 480. prosyllogism[obs3], syllogism; enthymeme[obs3], sorites[obs3], Ch.82
- 544. beg the question, reason in a circle, reason in circles, assume Ch.83
- 10. weak, feeble, poor, flimsy, loose, vague. irrational; nonsensical Ch.84
- 537. credibility &c. (probability) 472. V. believe, credit; give faith Ch.85
- 514. get it into one's head, take it into one's head; come round to an Ch.86
- 535. Adv. yes, yea, ay, aye, true; good; well; very well, very true; Ch.87
- 484. tree of knowledge; republic of letters &c. (language) 560. Ch.88
- 541. Adj. learned &c. 490; brought up at the feet of Gamaliel. Phr. "he Ch.89
- 497. Adj. unintelligent[Applied to persons], unintellectual, Ch.90
- 503. greenhorn &c (dupe) 547; dunce &c (ignoramus) 493; lubber &c Ch.91
- 475. mad as a March hare, mad as a hatter; of unsound mind &c. n.; Ch.92
- 883. make a note of, jot a note, pen a memorandum &c. (record) 551. Ch.93
- 918. Adj. forgotten &c. v.; unremembered, past recollection, bygone, Ch.94
- 524. [person who predicts by non-mystical (natural) means] predictor, Ch.95
- 525. Adv. to that effect; that is to say &c. (being interpreted) 522. Ch.96
- 475. not understand &c. 518; lose, lose the clue; miss; not know what Ch.97
- 27. Adv. in explanation &c. n.; that is to say, id est, videlicet, to Ch.98
- 457. announce, annunciate; report, report progress; bringword[obs3], Ch.99
- 519. irrevealable[obs3], inviolable; confidential; esoteric; not to be Ch.100
- 768. Adj. asserting &c.v.; declaratory, predicatory[obs3], Ch.101
- 535. Phr. di il vero a affronterai il diavolo[It][obs3]; Dichtung und Ch.102
- 545. Adj. false, deceitful, mendacious, unveracious, fraudulent, Ch.103
- 549. myth, moonshine, bosh, all my eye and Betty Martin, mare's nest, Ch.104
- 1. Natural Means Ch.105
- 636. burn into memory; carve in stone. Adv. on record. Phr. exegi Ch.106
- 2. Conventional Means Ch.107
- 566. Adj. lingual, linguistic; dialectic; vernacular, current; Ch.108
- 569. V. express, phrase; word, word it; give words to, give expression Ch.109
- episode; expletive; pennya-lining; richness &c. 577. V. be diffuse &c. Ch.110
- 588. fluency, flippancy, volubility, flowing, tongue; flow of words; Ch.111
- 1. Acts of Volition Ch.112
- 324. geniality, cordiality; goodwill; alacrity, readiness, earnestness, Ch.113
- 748. Adv. willingly &c. adj.; fain, freely, as lief, heart and soul; Ch.114
- 150. constancy, steadiness; singleness of purpose, tenacity of purpose; Ch.115
- 550. prefer; have rather, have as lief; fancy &c. (desire) 865; be Ch.116
- 2. Causes of Volition Ch.117
- 620. inducement, consideration; attraction; loadstone; magnet, Ch.118
- 766. disenchant, disillusion, deflate, take down a peg, pop one's Ch.119
- 3. Objects of Volition Ch.120
- 648. Adv. well, aright, satisfactorily, favorably, not amis[Fr]; all Ch.121
- 1. Conceptional Volition Ch.122
- 610. lead one a dance, lead one a pretty dance; throw off the scent, Ch.123
- 2. Subservience to Ends Ch.124
- 780. mechanical powers; lever, leverage; mechanical advantage; Ch.125
- 637. storehouse, storeroom, storecloset[obs3]; depository, depot, Ch.126
- 168. adequate; efficient, efficacious; effective, effectual; expedient Ch.127
- 82. Adj. expedient; desirable, advisable, acceptable; convenient; worth Ch.128
- 907. corrupting &c. (corrupt &c. 659); virulent, venomous, envenomed, Ch.129
- 932. hateful, hateful as a toad; abominable, detestable, execrable, Ch.130
- 657. phr. bibere venenum in auro[Lat]. Ch.131
- 3. Precursory Measures Ch.132
- 62. prepared &c. v.; in readiness; ready, ready to one's band, Ch.133
- 1. Simple voluntary Action Ch.134
- 170. Adj. doing &c. v.; acting; in action; in harness; on duty; in Ch.135
- 684. officiousness; dabbling, meddling; interference, interposition, Ch.136
- 459. Adv. actively &c. adj.; with life and spirit, with might and main Ch.137
- 2. Complex Voluntary Action Ch.138
- 545. seamanship, airmanship, marksmanship, horsemanship; rope-dancing. Ch.139
- 626. V. be skillful &c. adj.; excel in, be master of; have a turn for Ch.140
- 501. V. be unskillful &c. adj.; not see an inch beyond one's nose; Ch.141
- 1. Conditional Antagonism Ch.142
- 2. Active Antagonism Ch.143
- 632. ministry, ministration; subministration[obs3]; accommodation. Ch.144
- 706. parry, repel, propugn[obs3], put to flight; give a warm reception Ch.145
- 59. V. resist; not submit &c. 725; repugn[obs3], reluct, Ch.146
- 775. continued success; good fortune &c. (prosperity) 734; time well Ch.147
- 698. conqueror, victor, winner; master of the situation, master of the Ch.148
- 693. [nations] national government, nation, state, country, Ch.149
- 914. V. be -lenient &c. adj.; tolerate, bear with; parcere Ch.150
- 744. claim, lay claim to, revendicate[obs3], reclaim. cite, summon; Ch.151
- 773. revolt, rebellion, mutiny, outbreak, rising, uprising, Ch.152
- 1. Property in general Ch.153
- 2. Transfer of Property Ch.154
- 3. Interchange of Property Ch.155
- 4. Monetary Relations Ch.156
- 797. financier. Secretary of the Treasury; Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ch.157
- 906. V. be liberal &c.adj.; spend freely, bleed freely; shower down Ch.158
- 816. penny wise and pound foolish. Adv. with an unsparing hand; money Ch.159
- 897. soul, heart, breast, bosom, inner man; heart's core, heart's Ch.160
- 1. Passive Affections Ch.161
- 982. hell upon earth; iron age, reign of terror; slough of despond &c. Ch.162
- 840. attraction &c. (motive) 615; attractiveness, attractability[obs3]; Ch.163
- 648. refreshing; comfortable; cordial; genial; glad, gladsome; sweet, Ch.164
- 883. bonfire, fireworks, feu-de-joie, firecracker. holiday; gala day, Ch.165
- 621. toy, plaything, bauble; doll &c. (puppet ) 554; teetotum[obs3]; Ch.166
- 2. Discriminative Affections Ch.167
- 853. particular; affected &c. 855; meretricious; extravagant, Ch.168
- 225. custom &c. 613; mode, vogue, go; rage &c. (desire) 865; prevailing Ch.169
- 577. mannerism, simagree, grimace. conceit, foppery, dandyism, man Ch.170
- 3. PROSPECTIVE AFFECTIONS Ch.171
- 507. hope for &c. (desire) 865; anticipate. be hopeful &c. adj.; Ch.172
- 909. Adj. fearing &c. v.; frightened &c. v.; in fear, in a fright &c. Ch.173
- 4. CONTEMPLATIVE AFFECTIONS Ch.174
- 5. EXTRINSIC AFFECTIONS[1] Ch.175
- 880. stiff, stiff-necked; starch; perked stuck-up; in buckram, strait- Ch.176
- 884. render vain &c. adj.; inspire with vanity &c. n.; inflate, puff Ch.177
- 1. SOCIAL AFFECTIONS Ch.178
- 919. excitement, irritation; warmth, bile, choler, ire, fume, pucker, Ch.179
- 895. huff &c. (resentment) 900; a word and a blow. Sir Fretful Ch.180
- 900. Adj. irascible; bad-tempered, ill-tempered; irritable, Ch.181
- 2. DIFFUSIVE SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS Ch.182
- 900. uncharitableness &c. adj.; incompassionateness &c. 914a[obs3]; Ch.183
- 919. cruel; brutal, brutish; savage, savage as a bear, savage as a Ch.184
- 942. Adv. pro bono publico[Lat], pro aris et focis [Lat][obs3][Cicero]. Ch.185
- 3. SPECIAL SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS Ch.186
- 4. RETROSPECTIVE SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS Ch.187
- 1. MORAL OBLIGATIONS Ch.188
- 2. MORAL SENTIMENTS Ch.189
- 936. V. detract, derogate, decry, deprecate, depreciate, disparage; run Ch.190
- 3. MORAL CONDITIONS Ch.191
- 949. [Resorts] brothel &c. 961; gambling house &c. 621; joint*, opium Ch.192
- 4. MORAL PRACTICE Ch.193
- 5. INSTITUTIONS Ch.194
- 1. SUPERHUMAN BEINGS AND REGIONS Ch.195
- 2. Mythological and other fabulous Deities and Powers Ch.196
- 2. RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES Ch.197
- 3. RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS Ch.198
- 4. ACTS OF RELIGION Ch.199
- 998. worshipper, congregation, communicant, celebrant. V. worship, lift Ch.200
- 5. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS Ch.201
- 990. ministration; preaching, preachment; predication, sermon, homily, Ch.202