What word means “inspire towards action”?

Question

I've seen inspire mean two things,

1. To be inspired to go out and make a difference
2. To be inspired, and feel good about something.

Is there a better word to refer to the first definition? I want to say I was inspired to act.

Answer 1

Maybe the word motivated, as in I was motivated by that speech to act in a particular fashion.

Answer 2

You were motivated.

Google dictionary, sense 2:

motivated (past participle, past tense of mo·ti·vate) Verb:
1. Provide (someone) with a motive for doing something.
2. Stimulate (someone's) interest in or enthusiasm for doing something.

Answer 3

I would also suggest stirred, as in I was stirred to action.

Merriam-Webster defines To stir as: to rouse to activity : evoke strong feelings in

According to Oxford Dictionaries it can mean: (1) arouse strong feeling in (someone); move or excite; and (2) arouse or prompt (a feeling or memory) or inspire (the imagination).

Note that it is still necessary to explicitly say what you were stirred into doing something. I don't know of any one word that conveys both the inspiration as well as the consequent action.