incite
in·cite (in sīt′)
transitive verb -·cit′ed, -·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
v.
Antonyms
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
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.
You Americans donot rearchildren, you incite them; you give them food and shelter and applause.
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