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incite Definition

in·cite (in sīt)

transitive verb -·cited, -·cit·ing

to urge to action; stir up; rouse

Etymology: ME inciten < OFr inciter < L incitare < in-, in, on + citare, to set in motion, urge: see cite

incite Related Forms
in·cite·ment noun or in′·ci·ta·tionin′sə tās̸hən, -sī- in·citer noun
incite Synonyms

incite

v.

arouse, rouse, instigate, impel, stimulate, provoke, foment, excite, spur, goad, sic, exhort, persuade, influence, induce, prick, prod, push, taunt, actuate, activate, animate, inspirit, coax, stir up, fire up, inflame, whip up, motivate, prompt, drive, urge, urge on, egg on, inspire, abet, work up, lash into a fury, talk into, whip on, hold sway over, blow the coals, fan the flame; see also drive 1, encourage 1, push 2, urge 2.

Antonyms discourage*, dissuade, check.

incite implies an urging or stimulating to action, either in a favorable or unfavorable sense incited to achievement by rivalry; instigate always implies responsibility for initiating an action and usually connotes a bad or evil purpose who instigated the riot?; foment suggests continued incitement over an extended period of time the unjust taxes fomented rebellion

incite Usage Examples

Object

  • hatred: He is also accused of inciting racial hatred under the 1986 Public Order Act.
  • riot: The fellow is not going to come here to incite riots or anything else.
  • violence: They said to bring you here could incite violence.
  • rebellion: The French mission was, however, to land forces in Ireland to incite a rebellion against the British.
  • mob: If they could not incite the mob to stone him to death, he would have to be murdered as secretly as possible.
  • murder: They went too far in using our right to free speech to incite murder.

Infinitive complement

  • commit: The charge was one of publishing seditious libel and inciting to commit breaches of the Incitement to Mutiny Act of 1797.
  • feel: What these programs do is encourage a mood of emotionalism, where everyone is incited to feel stressed, bullied or traumatized.

Preposition: by

  • Satan: Muhammad's bewitchment in light of Saul's situation shows that Muhammad wasn't simply enticed or incited by Satan.

Modifying Another Word

  • indirectly: There will be a new offense of indirectly inciting terrorism with a very broad definition.
  • only: His total disregard of the crowds reaction seemed to only incite more anger from people.
  • not: If they could not incite the mob to stone him to death, he would have to be murdered as secretly as possible.
  • also: They also incited a bloody purge of the old order.
  • then: The underlying pathophysiology seems to be that E.B.V. specifically infects B cells and then incites a T cell response ( atypical lymphocytes ).
  • n't: The most spectacular failure was a power supply glitch, all the magic smoke leaked out, luckily it did n't incite anything else.
incite Quotes

You Americans donot rearchildren, you incite them; you give them food and shelter and applause.

—Jarrell, Randall

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