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S: (v) stimulate, excite (act as a stimulant) "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
S: (v) induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner) "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"

S: (v) decide (cause to decide) "This new development finally decided me!"
S: (v) persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm) "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!"

S: (v) hustle (pressure or urge someone into an action)
S: (v) bring round, bring around (cause to adopt an opinion or course of action) "His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school"
S: (v) badger (persuade through constant efforts)
S: (v) sell (persuade somebody to accept something) "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers"
S: (v) chat up (talk to someone with the aim of persuading him)
S: (v) talk into (persuade somebody to do something)
S: (v) rope in (draw in as if with a rope; lure) "The agent had roped in several customers"
S: (v) wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle (influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering) "He palavered her into going along"

S: (v) soft-soap (persuade someone through flattery)
S: (v) browbeat, bully, swagger (discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate)

S: (v) convert, win over, convince (make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something) "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product"

S: (v) disarm (make less hostile; win over) "Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely"

S: (v) brainwash (persuade completely, often through coercion) "The propaganda brainwashed many people"
S: (v) assure (assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence) "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe"

S: (v) reassure (give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain) "I reassured him that we were safe"

S: (v) charm, influence, tempt (induce into action by using one's charm) "She charmed him into giving her all his money"

S: (v) magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind (attract strongly, as if with a magnet) "She magnetized the audience with her tricks"

S: (v) prevail (use persuasion successfully) "He prevailed upon her to visit his parents"
S: (v) drag (persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting) "He dragged me away from the television set"
S: (v) tempt (try presumptuously) "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert"
S: (v) seduce, score, make (induce to have sex) "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally"

S: (v) bring (induce or persuade) "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well"
S: (v) solicit (incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination) "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"
S: (v) encourage (spur on) "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"
S: (v) let (actively cause something to happen) "I let it be known that I was not interested"
S: (v) lead (cause to undertake a certain action) "Her greed led her to forge the checks"

S: (v) give (guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion) "You gave me to think that you agreed with me"

S: (v) prompt, inspire, instigate (serve as the inciting cause of) "She prompted me to call my relatives"
S: (v) suborn (induce to commit perjury or give false testimony) "The President tried to suborn false witnesses"
S: (v) compel, oblige, obligate (force somebody to do something) "We compel all students to fill out this form"

S: (v) force, thrust (impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably) "She forced her diet fads on him"

S: (v) stick, sting (saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous) "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"

S: (v) walk (make walk) "He walks the horse up the mountain"; "Walk the dog twice a day"

S: (v) parade, exhibit, march (walk ostentatiously) "She parades her new husband around town"
S: (v) march (cause to march or go at a marching pace) "They marched the mules into the desert"

S: (v) coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means) "She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"

S: (v) turn up the heat, turn up the pressure (apply great or increased pressure) "The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election"
S: (v) drive (to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly) "She is driven by her passion"
S: (v) bludgeon (overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club) "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas"
S: (v) steamroller, steamroll (bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure) "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat"
S: (v) squeeze for (squeeze someone for money, information, etc.)
S: (v) dragoon, sandbag, railroad (compel by coercion, threats, or crude means) "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"
S: (v) terrorize, terrorise (coerce by violence or with threats)
S: (v) bring oneself (cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative) "He could not bring himself to call his parents"

S: (v) clamor (compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring) "They clamored the mayor into building a new park"
S: (v) condemn (compel or force into a particular state or activity) "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"
S: (v) shame (compel through a sense of shame) "She shamed him into making amends"
S: (v) enforce, implement, apply (ensure observance of laws and rules) "Apply the rules to everyone"

S: (v) run, execute (carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine) "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"

S: (v) enforce, impose, constrain (compel to behave in a certain way) "Social relations impose courtesy"; "duty constrains one to act often contrary to one's desires or inclinations"

S: (v) stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of) "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
S: (v) stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up (cause to be alert and energetic) "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
S: (v) induce, stimulate, rush, hasten (cause to occur rapidly) "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"
S: (v) stimulate, excite, stir (stir feelings in) "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
S: (v) provoke, stimulate (provide the needed stimulus for)