exhort (v.)

• admonish
• advocate
• blandish
• cajole
• caution
• charge
• coax
• encourage
• enjoin
• expostulate
• goad
• importune
• incite
• induce
• insist
• jawbone
• lobby
• move
• nag
• persuade
• plead
• preach
• press
• pressure
• prick
• prod
• prompt
• propel
• push
• recommend
• remonstrate
• sic
• soft-soap
• spur
• stimulate
• sweet-talk
• urge
• warn
• wheedle