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1. push, drive, propel, force, force along, boost, shove, catapult; speed, speed up, accelerate, whip, whip on, lash, flog; hasten, hurry, hustle, Inf. hustle up, quicken, expedite, precipitate.

2. impel, constrain, move, press, induce; incite, instigate, actuate, provoke, foment, poke, prod, prick, thrust, goad, prompt, spur, egg on; excite, arouse, agitate, rouse, inflame, fire, fire up, stir, stir up, wind up, Inf. psych up; encourage, boost, enhearten, hearten, reassure, assure, cheer, root, bear up, buoy, buoy up, embolden, nerve, build up, buck up; stimulate, animate, whet, invigorate, motivate, inspire, inspirit, rally, awaken, vivify, bestir, enliven, liven up, jolt, jog.

3. persuade, induce, incline, dispose, influence, prevail upon, coax, ply, sway, talk into; exhort, advise, counsel, suggest, admonish, remonstrate, expostulate; sue, demand, request, solicit, claim, postulate; entreat, importune, appeal to, apply to, adjure, impetrate, obsecrate, invoke, conjure; implore, plead, beseech, supplicate, obtest; pray, crave, beg.

4. allege, assert, vow, avow, vouch, avouch, predicate, swear, assure; insist, uphold, sustain, maintain, contend, aver, vindicate, propound; profess, pronounce, claim, testify, depose, protest, proclaim, declare.

5. support, advocate, recommend, back, endorse, sanction, patronize, approve, countenance; promote, further, forward, advance, favor, foster; help, aid, abet, assist, second, defend, champion, succor, relieve, lend oneself to.

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6. impulse, drive, force, push, dictate, desire, itch; propensity, proclivity, penchant; reason, rationale, motive.

7. impulsion, stimulation, stimulus, incentive, motivation, inspiration, fillip, Sl. shot in the arm; incitement, inducement, provocation, instigation, actuation, prompting, urging, goad, spur, prick, press, prod, jolt, jog; excitement, arousal.

8. persuasion, inclination, disposal, influence, coaxing, lying, swaying, talking into; exhortation, advice, counsel, suggestion, admonition, remonstration, remonstrance, expostulation; demand, request, solicitation, claim, postulation; entreaty, appeal, adjuration, imprecation, obsecration, invocation, conjuration; im-ploration, pleading, beseeching, supplication, obtestation, prayer, praying, craving, begging.

9. support, advocacy, recommendation, backing, endorsement, sanction, patronage, approval, approbation, countenance; promotion, furtherance, forwarding, advance, advancement, favor; help, aid, assistance, abetting, defense, championship, succor, relief.