whet on (v.)
encourage, incite, egg on
2H6 II.i.33[King to Queen] whet not on these furious peers
3H6 I.ii.37[York to Montague, of claiming the throne] thou shalt ... whet on Warwick to this enterprise
KJ III.iv.181[Cardinal Pandulph to Lewis the Dauphin, of King Philip] I will whet on the King
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