Antonyms for incite

Grammar : Verb

Spell : in-sahyt

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈsaɪt

Definition of incite

Origin : mid-15c., from Middle French enciter (14c.), from Latin incitare "to put into rapid motion," figuratively "rouse, urge, encourage, stimulate," from in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + citare "move, excite" (see cite). Related: Incited; inciting.

verb encourage, provoke

Example sentences :

There were none of the usual obstacles to incite them to matrimony.
Extract from : « A Summer Evening's Dream » by Edward Bellamy

Dreams and talk of war may incite to war, but they may also satisfy the desire and need of war.
Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge

You send them to the galleries to incite the admiration of the public?
Extract from : « The Gentle Art of Making Enemies » by James McNeill Whistler

You have to like loyalty, no matter what the circumstances that incite it.
Extract from : « Tinker's Dam » by Joseph Tinker

To instigate, incite, provoke, to urge on: from the Anglo-Saxon eggion.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

But it was ridiculous to arrest him in the first place, for he could not incite a feather to riot.
Extract from : « An Anarchist Woman » by Hutchins Hapgood

An old word for to challenge, or incite to emulation; still in full use.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

Here was a field for the enemies of Trenck to incite the people against him.
Extract from : « The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck » by Baron Trenck

It does not need what Simeon Woodley has in store to incite them to action.
Extract from : « The Death Shot » by Mayne Reid

How does abet differ from incite and instigate as to the time of the action?
Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald

Synonyms for incite

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