incite+(verb)

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• incite — ► 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 …   English terms dictionary

• incite — in·cite /in sīt/ vt in·cit·ed, in·cit·ing: to urge on incite a riot in·cite·ment n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• incite — 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 …   Thesaurus of popular words

• incite — 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… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• incite — verb ADVERB ▪ deliberately PREPOSITION ▪ to ▪ deliberately inciting the crowd to violence Incite is used with these nouns as the object: ↑hatred, ↑mob, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• incite — verb encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behaviour). ↘urge or persuade to act in a violent or unlawful way. Derivatives incitation noun inciteful adjective incitement noun inciter noun Origin C15 (earlier (ME) as incitation): from Fr.… …   English new terms dictionary

• incite — verb 1) he was arrested for inciting racial hatred Syn: stir up, whip up, encourage, stoke up, fuel, kindle, inflame, instigate, provoke, excite, trigger, spark off 2) she incited him to commit murder Syn …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• incite — 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… …   English dictionary

• incite — 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• incite — [[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 …   English dictionary

• incite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. stir, urge, impel; actuate, provoke, instigate; encourage, stimulate; spur, goad, fan the flames (inf.). See cause, excitement. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. arouse, rouse, instigate, impel, stimulate,… …   English dictionary for students