actuate#v#2: 2. motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite -- (give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career") bring#v#11: 11. bring -- (induce or persuade; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well") cause#v#2: 2. (46) 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") compel#v#1: 1. (21) compel, oblige, obligate -- (force or compel somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form") decide#v#3: 3. (4) decide -- (cause to decide; "This new development finally decided me!") encourage#v#3: 3. (1) encourage -- (spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife") get#v#10: 10. (7) 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") have#v#13: 13. (8) 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") incite#v#1: 1. (2) motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite -- (give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career") incite#v#3: 3. prod, incite, egg on -- (urge on; cause to act; "They other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window") induce#v#2: 2. (7) 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") inspire#v#3: 3. (5) prompt, inspire, instigate -- (serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives") instigate#v#2: 2. prompt, inspire, instigate -- (serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives") lead#v#5: 5. (17) lead -- (cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks") let#v#2: 2. (15) let -- (actively cause something to happen; "I let it be known that I was not interested") make#v#4: 4. (85) 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") motivate#v#1: 1. (6) motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite -- (give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career") move#v#10: 10. (3) motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite -- (give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career") persuade#v#2: 2. (13) 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!") prompt#v#1: 1. (9) motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite -- (give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career") prompt#v#2: 2. (2) prompt, inspire, instigate -- (serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives") propel#v#2: 2. motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite -- (give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career") solicit#v#4: 4. solicit -- (incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents") stimulate#v#2: 2. (5) 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") suborn#v#3: 3. suborn -- (induce to commit perjury or give false testimony; "The President tried to suborn false witnesses")