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Egg on

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To encourage or coax (a person) to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless. idiomatic, transitive

    "The Neatreſſe longing for the reſt, did egge him on to tell / How faire ſhe vvas, and vvho ſhe vvas."

  2. 2
    urge on; cause to act wordnet

Etymology

* From Middle English eggen (“to incite; urge on; instigate”), from Old Norse eggja (“to incite”), from egg (“edge”). More at edge. * A variant of the archaic "edge on."

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