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push
To advocate or recommend something insistently:
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  1. To advocate or recommend something insistently:
  2. (Baseball, Golf) To hit (the ball) and make it go to the right or, if one is left-handed, to the left
  3. To move by being pushed
induce
(Genetics) To cause an increase in the transcription of the RNA of (a gene).
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  1. (Genetics) To cause an increase in the transcription of the RNA of (a gene).
  2. To lead on to some action, condition, belief, etc.; prevail on; persuade
  3. To bring on; bring about; cause; effect
instigate
To initiate or bring about, often by inciting:
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  1. To initiate or bring about, often by inciting:
  2. To urge on, spur on, or incite to some action, esp. to some evil
  3. To cause by inciting; foment
animate
To give life to; fill with life:
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  1. To give life to; fill with life:
  2. To stimulate to action or creative effort; inspire
  3. To give motion to; put into action
compel
To exert a strong, irresistible force on; sway:
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  1. To exert a strong, irresistible force on; sway:
  2. To force (a person) to do something; drive or constrain:
  3. To necessitate or require, as by force of circumstance; demand:
move
To cause to go from one place to another:
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  1. To cause to go from one place to another:
  2. To progress in sequence; go forward:
  3. To change posture or position; stir:
actuate
To put into motion or action; activate:
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  1. To put into motion or action; activate:
  2. To cause to take action:
prod
To urge or stir into action
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  1. To urge or stir into action
  2. To jab or poke, as with a pointed object.
  3. To jab or poke with or as with a pointed stick; goad
start
To take the first step in doing:
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  1. To take the first step in doing:
  2. (Now Chiefly Dial.) To cause to start, or move involuntarily; startle
  3. To begin a movement, activity, or undertaking:
set-in-motion
(Idiomatic) to trigger movement, to get going
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  1. (Idiomatic) to trigger movement, to get going
propel
To push, drive, or impel onward, forward, or ahead
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  1. To push, drive, or impel onward, forward, or ahead
  2. To cause to move forward or onward.
activate
To put (an inactive military unit) on an active status by assigning personnel, equipment, etc. to it
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  1. To put (an inactive military unit) on an active status by assigning personnel, equipment, etc. to it
  2. To put into action, to put to work.
  3. To turn on.
drive
To carry through vigorously to a conclusion:
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  1. To carry through vigorously to a conclusion:
  2. To work or try hard, as to reach a goal
  3. To force to go; urge onward; push forward
jog
To go (on or along) in a steady, slow, heavy manner
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  1. To go (on or along) in a steady, slow, heavy manner
  2. To give a push or shake to; nudge:
  3. To move by shoving, bumping, or jerking; jar:
shove
To push someone or something with force.
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  1. To push someone or something with force.
  2. To put (something) roughly in a place:
  3. To move forward roughly, often by shoving someone:
poke
To search or look curiously in a desultory manner:
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  1. To search or look curiously in a desultory manner:
  2. To push or jab with a stick, finger, etc.; prod
  3. To live or move slowly or lazily; loiter; putter; dawdle
boost
To increase; raise:
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  1. To increase; raise:
  2. To urge others to support; promote
  3. A linear map from one reference frame to another in which each coordinate is increased or decreased by an independent constant or linear function. A boost corresponds to a shift of the entire coordinate system without any rotation of its axes.
boom
To utter or give forth with a deep, resonant sound:
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  1. To utter or give forth with a deep, resonant sound:
  2. To move or position using a crane:
  3. To go rapidly along; move with speed or vigor
nudge
To near or come close to something.
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  1. To near or come close to something.
  2. To push or poke gently, esp. with the elbow, in order to get the attention of, hint slyly, etc.
egg on
(Idiomatic) To encourage or coax a person to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To encourage or coax a person to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.
excite
(Physiol.) To produce or increase the response of (an organism, organ, tissue, etc.) to a proper stimulus
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  1. (Physiol.) To produce or increase the response of (an organism, organ, tissue, etc.) to a proper stimulus
  2. To elicit or arouse (a reaction or emotion, for example):
  3. To put into motion or activity; stir up
foment
To stir up (trouble); instigate; incite
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  1. To stir up (trouble); instigate; incite
  2. To treat (the skin, for example) by fomentation.
  3. To arouse or incite (trouble, for example).
galvanize
To apply an electric current to
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  1. To apply an electric current to
  2. To arouse to awareness or action; spur:
  3. To plate (metal) with zinc, originally by galvanic action
goad
To prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick.
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  1. To prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick.
  2. To drive with or as with a goad; prod into action; urge on
incite
To urge to action; stir up; rouse
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  1. To urge to action; stir up; rouse
  2. To provoke and urge on:
inflame
To cause (the skin) to redden or grow hot, as from strong emotion or stimulants.
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  1. To cause (the skin) to redden or grow hot, as from strong emotion or stimulants.
  2. To arouse to passionate feeling or action:
  3. To become roused, excited, stimulated, etc.
inspire
To give inspiration
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  1. To give inspiration
  2. To arouse or produce (a thought or feeling)
  3. To cause (someone) to have a particular feeling; affect or touch:
instigate
To initiate or bring about, often by inciting:
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  1. To initiate or bring about, often by inciting:
  2. To cause by inciting; foment
  3. To urge on, spur on, or incite to some action, esp. to some evil
motivate
To provide with an incentive or a reason for doing something; impel:
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  1. To provide with an incentive or a reason for doing something; impel:
  2. To animate; to propel; to cause to take action
  3. To cause to be enthusiastic:
move
To stir the emotions:
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  1. To stir the emotions:
  2. To prompt to action; rouse:
  3. To change posture or position; stir:
pique
To arouse; provoke
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  1. To arouse; provoke
  2. To provoke; arouse:
  3. To cause to feel resentment or indignation.
prick
To pierce or puncture something or cause a pricking feeling.
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  1. To pierce or puncture something or cause a pricking feeling.
  2. To cause to feel sharp pain in
  3. To cause to stand erect or point upward:
prod
To urge or stir into action
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  1. To urge or stir into action
  2. To jab or poke, as with a pointed object.
  3. To jab or poke with or as with a pointed stick; goad
prompt
To remind (a person) of something he or she has forgotten; specif., to help (an actor, etc. who has forgotten a line) with a cue
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  1. To remind (a person) of something he or she has forgotten; specif., to help (an actor, etc. who has forgotten a line) with a cue
  2. To move to act; spur; incite:
  3. To move or inspire by suggestion
propel
To push, drive, or impel onward, forward, or ahead
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  1. To push, drive, or impel onward, forward, or ahead
  2. To cause to move forward or onward.
provoke
To stir to action or feeling:
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  1. To stir to action or feeling:
  2. To give rise to; bring about:
  3. To bring about deliberately; induce:
spur
A small ridge that projects sharply from the side of a larger hill or mountain.
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  1. A small ridge that projects sharply from the side of a larger hill or mountain.
  2. To ride quickly by spurring a horse.
  3. To urge (a horse) on by the use of spurs.
stimulate
To cause to be interested or engaged:
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  1. To cause to be interested or engaged:
  2. To excite or invigorate (a person, for example) with a stimulant.
  3. To increase temporarily the activity of something such as a body organ or system.
trigger
To fire or activate by pulling or pressing a trigger
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  1. To fire or activate by pulling or pressing a trigger
  2. To induce a powerful emotional reaction in, especially by evoking memories of past trauma.
  3. To initiate (an action); set off
work up
To raise; to excite; to stir up.
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  1. To raise; to excite; to stir up.
  2. To develop.
actuate
To put into motion or action; activate:
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  1. To put into motion or action; activate:
  2. To cause to take action:
drive
To force to go through or penetrate:
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  1. To force to go through or penetrate:
  2. To drive a blow, ball, missile, etc.
  3. (--- Basketball) To move with the ball directly through:
mobilize
To assemble, prepare, or put into active service:
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  1. To assemble, prepare, or put into active service:
  2. To organize (people, resources, etc.) for active service or use in any emergency, drive, etc.
  3. To put into motion, circulation, or use
move
To prompt to action; rouse:
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  1. To prompt to action; rouse:
  2. To progress in sequence; go forward:
  3. To change posture or position; stir:
propel
To push, drive, or impel onward, forward, or ahead
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  1. To push, drive, or impel onward, forward, or ahead
  2. To cause to move forward or onward.
run
(--- Informal) To depart; leave:
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  1. (--- Informal) To depart; leave:
  2. To move continuously or incessantly
  3. To do or carry out:
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  • While the republics of Italy, and above all the state of Venice, were engaged in distributing the rich products of India and the Far East over the Western world, it was impossible that motives of curiosity, as well as a desire of commercial advantage, should not be awakened to such a degree as to impel some of the merchants to visit those remote lands.

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  • Habit, close and tufted; 6 inches high; affording in June and July a wealth of glowing purple, pendent, bell-shaped flowers that impel admiration.

  • Mill tried to reconcile criminal law and its punishments with his very hard type of determinism by saying that law was needed in order to weight the scale, and in order to hold out a prospect of penalties which might deter from crime and impel towards good citizenship, so Paley held that virtue was not merely obedience to God but obedience " for 1 Criticism of the scheme, from the point of view of an idealist theism, will be found in John Caird's Introduc to the Phil.

  • For him it was no new conviction that his presence in any part of the world, from Africa to the steppes of Muscovy alike, was enough to dumfound people and impel them to insane self-oblivion.

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