To encourage, urge or incite.
To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
To elevate to a higher league.
To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
To move on to a subsequent stage of education.
To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
To move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour.
To defeat utterly.
To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result.
In computer architecture, to cause or undergo poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.
To beat mercilessly.
To thresh.
A beat or blow; the sound of beating.
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