it means to eat an ancient fruit
a motive is something a criminal has
identifying a motive is seeing why the person committed the crime.
I am assuming you mean as in "motivation." Motive means the determination of a certain phenomena that is not obvious.
adolf Hitler
Spike Milligan.
Kings and Emperors.
the emotion, need, or desire behind a character's actions
motive
Because historys gay, so go make me a sandwhich
david lanco
profit motive
the reasons for the characters actions in a story