"drijfveer" meaning in All languages combined

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        "2": "drijven",
        "3": "veer",
        "t1": "to drive, move",
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        "3": "Triebfeder",
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  "etymology_text": "From drijven (“to drive, move”) + veer (“spring”), possibly calque of German Triebfeder. From the second half of the 18th century.",
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      "form": "drijfveren",
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  "lang_code": "nl",
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          "text": "Indien de deugd de voornaamſte drijfveer is, die alle de raderen eener Gemeenebest-Regeering, — volgends MONTESQUIEU — in werking moet brengen, — dan is zeker Hij, die de meeste waare deugd bezit, de beste Patriot, de ſterkſte ſteun van het Vaderland en het algemeen geluk.",
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        "incentive, motivation, mainspring (something, usually physical, that motivates)"
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          "motivation"
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          "mainspring",
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        "neuter"
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