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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

To stir

1. Consider the following sentence:


"I tried to stir his ambition."



Does 'to stir' mean 'to raise' his ambition?




2. And while at this, is it correct to say "to raise someone's ambition"?

  

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Yes, those are OK. According to Google Ngrams, the following are all used with the same meaning (most frequent listed first). stimulate, raise, arouse, stir, provoke (his ambition) CJ

— CalifJim

  • Yes, those are OK.
  • According to Google Ngrams, the following are all used with the same meaning (most frequent listed first).
  • stimulate, raise, arouse, stir, provoke (his ambition) CJ
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Yes, those are OK. According to Google Ngrams, the following are all used with the same meaning (most frequent listed first).

stimulate, raise, arouse, stir, provoke (his ambition)

CJ

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