stimulate, stir, shake up, shake, excite - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

encourage - inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to

occasion - give occasion to

cause, induce, stimulate, make, get, have - cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"

cheerlead - act as a cheerleader in a sports event

encourage - inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to

indoctrinate - teach doctrines to; teach uncritically; "The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples"

breathe, take a breath, suspire, respire - draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"

aspirate - suck in air

sniff, sniffle - inhale audibly through the nose; "the sick student was sniffling in the back row"

snivel, snuffle - snuff up mucus through the nose

snuff - inhale audibly through the nose; "snuff coke"

puff, drag, draw - suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"

snort - ingest through the nose; "The drug addict was snorting cocaine every night"

huff, snort - inhale recreational drugs