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Incite

//ɪnˈsaɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To call into action. transitive

    "The judge was told by the accused that his friends had incited him to commit the crime."

  2. 2
    provoke or stir up wordnet
  3. 3
    To entreat an act. transitive
  4. 4
    urge on; cause to act wordnet
  5. 5
    To instigate a specific incident. transitive
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  1. 6
    give an incentive for action wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French inciter, from Latin incitō (“to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite”), from in (“in, on”) + citō (“to set in motion, urge”), frequentative of cieō (“to rouse, excite, call”).

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