incite

See also: incité

English

Etymology

Middle French inciter, from Latin incitare (to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite), from in (in, on) + citare (to set in motion, urge), frequentative of ciere (to rouse, excite, call).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ĭn.sīt', IPA(key): /ɪnˈsaɪt/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪt

Verb

incite (third-person singular simple present incites, present participle inciting, simple past and past participle incited)

  1. (transitive) To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.
    The judge was told by the accused that his friends had incited him to commit the crime.
    incite people to violence

Translations

Further reading

  • incite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • incite in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
  • incite at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams


French

Pronunciation

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Verb

incite

  1. inflection of inciter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative
    2. first-person singular present subjunctive
    3. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

incite

  1. inflection of incitar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

incite

  1. inflection of incitar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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