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Synonyms for incite
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : in-sahyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈsaɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for incite Other synonyms for the word incite
- activate
- actuate
- animate
- coax
- craze
- drive
- egg on
- excite
- fan the fire
- force
- forward
- further
- get to
- goad
- impel
- induce
- influence
- inspirit
- juice
- key up
- persuade
- prick
- promote
- prompt
- provoke
- psych
- push
- put up to
- raise
- rouse
- set
- set off
- solicit
- spur
- stimulate
- stir up
- talk into
- taunt
- trigger
- urge
- whip up
- work up
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for incite
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