vverb.creationgive an incentive for actionSynset:actuate motivate move prompt propel
Examples:- This moved me to sacrifice my career
Derivationally Related Form:motivativeincitementincitationactmotivationpropulsionmotivemotivator
Hypernyms:cause do make
Inherited Hypernyms:motivatecausemake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody to INFINITIVE | They --- him to write the letter (apply to: prompt, move, incite, motivate, propel)
vverb.communicationprovoke or stir upSynset:instigate set off stir up
Examples:- incite a riot
- set off great unrest among the people
Derivationally Related Form:instigationincitiveincitementincitationinstigantinstigatorinciterinstigative
Hypernyms:provoke stimulate
Inherited Hypernyms:inciteprovokechallengeinviterequestaskrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Direct Hyponyms:raise
Causes:act move
Full Troponyms:raise
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s somebody to INFINITIVE
vverb.contacturge on; cause to actSynset:egg on prod
Examples:- The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window
Derivationally Related Form:prodinciterincitementincitationprodding
Inherited Hypernyms:prod
Direct Hyponyms:goadgoosehalloo
Full Troponyms:goadgoosehalloospur
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | They --- him to write the letter (apply to: prod)