prick (v.) Old form(s): pricke
urge, incite, motivate
JC II.i.124[Brutus to all] What need we any spur but our own cause / To prick us to redress?
Oth III.iii.409[Iago to Othello, of proving Desdemona's disloyalty] Pricked to't by foolish honesty and love
TS III.ii.69[Tranio as Lucentio to Baptista, of Petruchio's outfit] 'Tis some odd humour pricks him to this fashion
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