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Inspire

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promptverbQuick; acting without delay.
exaltverb(transitive) To honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.
urgenounA strong desire; an itch to do something.
instigateverb(transitive) To bring about by urging or encouraging.
invigorateverb(transitive) To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to.
animateverbThat lives.
exhortverbTo urge; to advise earnestly.
cheernoun(uncountable) A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.
enlivenverb(transitive) To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
barracknoun(military, chiefly in the plural) A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
urge onverb(transitive) to encourage; motivate; to offer encouragement to.
revolutionizeverb(transitive) To radically or significantly change, as in a revolution.
infectverb(transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
pep upverb(informal, of a person or other living thing) To refresh, enliven, or restore.

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WordDefinition
animateverb(transitive) To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.
exaltverb(transitive) To honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.
exhortverbTo urge; to advise earnestly.
revolutionizeverb(transitive) To radically or significantly change, as in a revolution.
urge onverb(transitive) to encourage; motivate; to offer encouragement to.
enlivenverb(transitive) To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
invigorateverb(transitive) To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to.
pep upverb(informal, of a person or other living thing) To refresh, enliven, or restore.
instigateverb(transitive) To bring about by urging or encouraging.
urgeverb(transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
cheerverb(uncountable) A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.
promptverb(transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to.
barrackverb(transitive) To house military personnel; to quarter.
infectverb(transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
createverb(transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
elicitverbTo evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
infuseverb(transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
induceverb(transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
learnverbTo acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
instillverb(transitive) To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.

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