incite
[verb]
Synonyms: provoke, encourage, foment, inflame, instigate, spur, stimulate, stir up, urge, whip up

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Contrasted words: check, curb, discourage, inhibit, restrain, calm, quiet, subdue
Related Words: forward, further, promote, stimulate, set off, trigger, agitate, solicit, encourage, motivate, motive, excite, inflame, rouse

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in‧cite /ɪnˈsaɪt/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: inciter, from Latin citare 'to cause to start moving']
to deliberately encourage people to fight, argue etc ⇒ encourage:
They were charged with inciting racial hatred.
incite somebody to do something
a person who incites others to commit an offence
incite somebody to something
There was no evidence that he had incited members of the group to violence.
—incitement noun [uncountable and countable]:
incitement to murder

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

incite
verb
ADV. deliberately
PREP. to deliberately inciting the crowd to violence

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