Encourage and Spur

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Encourage verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.

Usage example: the pastor continues to encourage the couple to work out their problems in hopes of saving their marriage

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Spur is a synonym for encourage in help topic. In some cases you can use "Spur" instead a verb "Encourage", when it comes to topics like urge, persuade, stimulate spiritually.

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Spur verb - Incite or stimulate.

Usage example: The Academy was formed to spur research

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Encourage is a synonym for spur in stimulate topic. You can use "Encourage" instead a verb "Spur", if it concerns topics such as animate.

Nearby Words: spurn, spurt, spurred, spurring

people	encourage people	spur people
men	encourage men	spur men
army	encourage army	spur army
development	encourage development	spur development
Other words: growth, protagonist, enemy, son, friends, fans, heroes.

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