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21incite — ► VERB 1) encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behaviour). 2) urge or persuade to act in a violent or unlawful way. DERIVATIVES incitement noun inciter noun. ORIGIN Latin incitare, from citare rouse …
22incite — v. 1) (D; tr.) to incite to (to incite workers to rebellion) 2) (H) to incite the populace to riot * * * [ɪn saɪt] (H) to incite the populace to riot (D;tr.) to incite to (to incite workers to rebellion) …
23incite — incitable, adj. incitant, adj., n. incitation /in suy tay sheuhn, si /, n. inciter, n. incitingly, adv. /in suyt /, v.t., incited, inciting. to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot. [1475 85; < L… …
24incite — verb 1) we re hoping that last night s incident will not incite altercations in the stadium today Syn: stir up, whip up, encourage, fan the flames of, stoke up, fuel, kindle, ignite, inflame, stimulate, instigate, provoke, excite, arouse, awaken …
25incite — UK [ɪnˈsaɪt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms incite : present tense I/you/we/they incite he/she/it incites present participle inciting past tense incited past participle incited to encourage people to be violent or commit crimes by making them… …
26incite — transitive verb (incited; inciting) Etymology: Middle French inciter, from Latin incitare, from in + citare to put in motion more at cite Date: 15th century to move to action ; stir up ; spur on ; urge on • incitant noun • incitement …
27incite — in|cite [ınˈsaıt] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: inciter, from Latin citare to cause to start moving ] to deliberately encourage people to fight, argue etc ▪ They were charged with inciting racial hatred. incite sb to do sth ▪ a person …
28incite — [[t]ɪnsa͟ɪt[/t]] incites, inciting, incited VERB If someone incites people to behave in a violent or illegal way, they encourage people to behave in that way, usually by making them excited or angry. [V n to inf] He incited his fellow citizens to …
29incite — verb (T) to deliberately encourage people to cause trouble, fight, argue etc: incite sb to do sth: He was charged with inciting the students to riot. | incite sb to sth: inflammatory articles that incited people to violence and hatred incitement… …
30incite — in•cite [[t]ɪnˈsaɪt[/t]] v. t. cit•ed, cit•ing to stimulate to action; urge on; stir up • Etymology: 1475–85; < L incitāre= in II+citāre to start up, excite in•cit′a•ble, adj. in•cit′ant, adj. n. in ci•ta′tion saɪˈteɪ ʃən, sɪ n. in•cit′er, n.… …
