To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
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To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
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To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
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To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).
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To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…
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To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…
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That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
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Jet, the mineral.
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of Have
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To lead in; to introduce.
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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
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To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…
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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…
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A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.
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Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinae, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.
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A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.
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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.
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A bringing into action; movement.
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A bringing into action; movement.
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The act of inciting or moving to action.
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The act of inciting or moving to action.
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The act of inciting.
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The act of inciting.
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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.
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To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to a crime.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc.
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A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.
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To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.
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