See galvanize in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To stir to action or feeling:
egg on, excite, foment, goad, impel, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, motivate, move, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, set off, spur, stimulate, touch off, trigger, work up. See cause, excite
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