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blow up
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call forth
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call up
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challenge(verb, disturb, promote, encourage, provoke)
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coax(verb, encourage, provoke, prompt, agitate)
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commove(verb, support, act, encourage, spirit)
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commoving(verb, support, act, spirit, prompt)
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complicate
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