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English Dictionary: spurred by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spur \Spur\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spurred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Spurring}.]
      1. To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to
            urge or goad; as, to spur a horse.
  
      2. To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous
            pursuit of an object; to incite; to stimulate; to
            instigate; to impel; to drive.
  
                     Love will not be spurred to what it loathes. --Shak.
  
      3. To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spurred \Spurred\, a.
      1. Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having
            shoots like spurs.
  
      2. Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye.
  
      {Spurred corolla} (Bot.), a corolla in which there are one or
            more petals with a spur.
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