Verb

• S: (v) impel, force (urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) cause, do, make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally) "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
• S: (v) determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate (shape or influence; give direction to) "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
• S: (v) initiate, pioneer (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of) "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"
• S: (v) effect, effectuate, set up (produce) "The scientists set up a shock wave"
• S: (v) make (compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way) "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat"
• S: (v) occasion (give occasion to)
• S: (v) provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up (evoke or provoke to appear or occur) "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
• S: (v) engender, breed, spawn (call forth)
• S: (v) motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite (give an incentive for action) "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
• S: (v) impel, force (urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate)
• S: (v) facilitate (increase the likelihood of (a response)) "The stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) propel, impel (cause to move forward with force) "Steam propels this ship"