remotivate

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verb

To motivate again.

Opposite
demotivate
OriginEnglish motivate ← Middle English motif ← Late Latin mōtīvum →
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Meanings

verbremotivate (third-person singular simple present remotivates, present participle remotivating, simple past and past participle remotivated)

present singular third person remotivates · participle present remotivating · participle past remotivated · past remotivated

  1. To motivate again.

    Some insiders said the chief executive’s priority would be to remotivate employees and restore confidence in a shaken company.

    2007 May 4, Jad Mouawad, “For New Chief, BP’s Problems Range From Rusted Pipes to a Tarnished Image”, in New York Times
    1 more example

    Despite a desire to put together some kind of opposition, several months passed with little action. But the group got remotivated on Jan. 13 […] when Helms announced his re-election bid.

    1990 April 7, Jennie McKnight, “N.C. Activists Mobilize To Oust Helms”, in Gay Community News, page 7

    Antonyms: demotivate

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo motivate again.

Opposite
demotivate

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Anglo-Normanmotif
  7. Middle Frenchmotif
  8. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*moweō
  11. Latinmoveō
  12. Latinmōtus
  13. Late Latinmōtīvum
  14. Middle Englishmotif
  15. Englishmotive
  16. Englishmotivate
  17. Englishremotivate

From re- + motivate.

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remotivate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remotivate

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Chicago

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