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mo•tif



Pronunciation: (mō-tēf'), [key]
—n.
1. a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., esp. in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
2. a distinctive and recurring form, shape, figure, etc., in a design, as in a painting or on wallpaper.
3. a dominant idea or feature: the profit motif of free enterprise.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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