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- verb transitive, idiomatic To
encourage orcoax a person to do something, especially somethingfoolhardy orreckless .
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- verb urge on; cause to act
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yarb commented on the word egg on
As for Scipio, he never sat down, but was here, there, and everywhere, fetching and carrying, changing plates and filling bumpers, urging the company to call freely for what they wanted, and egging them on to mirth and jollity.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 10 ch. 9
October 9, 2008
yarb commented on the word egg on
Shee set men about him to incense and egge him on in courses of discontentment.
- Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller, 1594
April 14, 2010