Meaning of INCITE
| Pronunciation: | | in'sIt
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- [v] provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
- [v] urge on; cause to act
- [v] give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
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INCITE is a 6 letter word that starts with I. |
| | Synonyms: | | actuate, egg on, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, propel, set off, stir up |
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| | See Also: | | act, cause, do, goad, halloo, make, move, provoke, raise, stimulate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*cite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incited}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Inciting}.] [L. incitare; pref. in- in + citare to rouse,
stir up: cf. F. inciter. See {Cite}.]
To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
Anthiochus, when he incited Prusias to join in war, set
before him the greatness of the Romans. --Bacon.
No blown ambition doth our arms incite. --Shak.
Syn: Excite; stimulate; instigate; spur; goad; arouse; move;
urge; rouse; provoke; encourage; prompt; animate. See
{Excite}.
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| | Related Terms: | | abet, actuate, admonish, agitate, animate, annoy, arouse, awake, awaken, bestir, blow the coals, blow up, call forth, call up, caution, charge, compel, drive, drive on, egg on, encourage, enjoin, enkindle, enrage, excite, exhort, expostulate, fan, fan the fire, fan the flame, feed the fire, ferment, fire, flame, foment, forward, frenzy, give an impetus, give momentum, goad, heat, heat up, impassion, impel, incense, induce, inflame, influence, infuriate, inspire, instigate, issue a caveat, key up, kindle, lather up, light the fuse, light up, madden, motivate, move, nettle, overexcite, persuade, pique, power, preach, prick, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, put in motion, put up to, rally, remonstrate, rouse, set agoing, set astir, set fire to, set going, set in motion, set on, set on fire, sic on, spur, steam up, stimulate, stir, stir the blood, stir the embers, stir the feelings, stir up, summon up, thrust, tickle, turn on, urge, wake, wake up, waken, warm, warm the blood, warn, whet, whip on, whip up, work into, work up |
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