v. Function: verb
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Synonyms: WAKE 1, awake, awaken, stir, waken
Related Words: animate, enliven, quicken, vivify; excite, provoke, stimulate; foment, incite, instigate
Contrasted Words: calm, compose, lull, quiet, quieten, settle, soothe, still, tranquilize
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Synonyms: INTENSIFY , aggravate, deepen, enhance, heighten, intensate, magnify, mount, redouble, rise
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Synonyms: PROVOKE 4, excite, galvanize, innervate, innerve, motivate, move, pique, quicken, stimulate
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Synonyms: STIR 1, arouse, awaken, bestir, challenge, kindle, rally, wake, waken, whet