All innervate synonyms
inΒ·nerΒ·vate
I i verb innervate
- stimulate β to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- invigorate β to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- provoke β to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- bring about β To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- generate β to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- inflame β to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- kindle β (of animals, especially rabbits) to bear (young); produce (offspring).
- precipitate β to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
- instigate β to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- revive β to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew: to revive old feuds.
- step up β effecting an increase.
- accelerate β If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster.
- hasten β to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- revitalize β to give new life to.
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- rile β to irritate or vex.
- agitate β If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
- heighten β to increase the height of; make higher.
- whip up β to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- invigorate β to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- motivate β to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- reinforce β to strengthen with some added piece, support, or material: to reinforce a wall.
- strengthen β to make stronger; give strength to.
- trigger β a small projecting tongue in a firearm that, when pressed by the finger, actuates the mechanism that discharges the weapon.
- animate β Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not.
- stimulate β to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- shock β a thick, bushy mass, as of hair.
- stun β to deprive of consciousness or strength by or as if by a blow, fall, etc.: The blow to his jaw stunned him for a moment.
- jolt β Java Open Language Toolkit
- startle β to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.
- arouse β If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
- stir β to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
- frighten β to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- provoke β to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- spur β a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
- astonish β If something or someone astonishes you, they surprise you very much.
- prompt β done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- inspire β to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- propel β to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
- sway β to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- galvanize β to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- spark β Muriel (Sarah) (Camberg) 1918β2006, British novelist and writer, born in Scotland.
- persuade β to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- incline β to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.
- coach β A coach is someone who trains a person or team of people in a particular sport.
- rehearse β to practice (a musical composition, a play, a speech, etc.) in private prior to a public presentation.
- fit β adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- groom β a bridegroom.
- brief β Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.