motivate
I
verb
activate, actuate, adjure, advise, affect, allure, animate, appeal, arouse desire, attract, captivate, carry weight, cause, challenge, charge, command, compel, convince, direct, draw, encourage, exert influence, exhort, fill with longing, fire up, goad, guide, impel, incite, incline, induce, infect, inflame, influence, inspire, inspirit, instigate, interest, invite, lead, move, move to action, persuade, press, prevail upon, promote, prompt, provide with a motive, provoke desire, rouse, set in motion, spirit, spur, stimulate, stir up, sway, talk into, tempt, urge, work upon
II
index
cause, coax, evoke, further, impel, induce, influence, inspire, lobby, originate, persuade, prevail (persuade), prevail upon, prompt, provoke, spirit, stimulate, urge
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006