(a) To stir up (the sea); (b) to urge on or drive (a horse, an ox).

(a) To urge or prompt (someone to do something); (b) to induce or prevail upon (someone to do something); (c) to bring about, bring to pass, produce, or cause (something); also, try to bring about (events).

(a) To incite (someone to vice, strife, etc.); (b) to instigate (wrong-doing); (c) to provoke (someone to anger or revenge).

(a) To encourage or exhort (someone to act properly or virtuously, etc.); (b) to move or exhort (someone to mercy, devotion, etc.).

To stimulate (an organ, a function or reaction of an organism, growth, etc.); to produce (a physiological reaction).

(a) To stir up or rouse (an emotion, passion); to rouse or stimulate (someone to an emotion); (b) to stimulate or quicken (thought, perception).

To rouse, awaken, or bring back to life (someone who is asleep, in a faint, or dead); ~ up, wake (sb.) up.

To call up or conjure (a spirit).