society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > tell or write fiction [verb (intransitive)] > of incident, etc.: be provided with motive (2)
transitive. To supply or be a motive for (an action, etc.); to provide the motivation for. Usually in passive.
transitive. To make (the actions or emotions of characters in a literary work) credible by what is revealed of their personality, circumstances…