4
mobilize(verb, move, make, drive, cause)
4
perk(verb, support, encourage, provoke, excite)
4
power(verb, make, drive, influence, urge)
4
promote(verb, make, place, set, cause)
4
shove(verb, make, force, drive, cause)
4
wheedle(verb, make, cause, promote, encourage)
3
abet(verb, make, present, cause, touch)
3
act(verb, cause)
3
begin(verb, make, open, cause, start)
3
bias(verb, control, place, set, position)
3
browbeat(verb, make, press, encourage, speed)
3
bulldoze(verb, make, force, press, cause)
3
call forth(verb, expression, help, cause, start)
3
dragoon(verb, make, press, encourage, speed)
3
draw(verb, move, control, make, help)
3
enforce(verb, force, cause)
3
engender(verb, make, cause, promote, encourage)
3
entice(verb, encourage, influence, excite, sway)
3
forward(verb, encourage, provoke, prompt, agitate)
3
go(verb, transport, progress, walk, shuffle)
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