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1. (v.t.) incite
to stimulate to action; urge on; stir up.
Etymology: (1475–85; < L incitāre=in-in -2+citāre to start up, excite)
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1. (verb) motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite
give an incentive for action
"This moved me to sacrifice my career"
2. (verb) incite, instigate, set off, stir up
provoke or stir up
"incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
3. (verb) prod, incite, egg on
urge on; cause to act
"The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"
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1. (verb) incite
to provoke an emotion or violent action
to incite racial hatred; guilty of inciting a riot
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1. (verb) incite
to move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on
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Sense: to urge (someone) to do something
He incited the people to rebel against the king.
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 Afrikaans: opsweep |
 Arabic: يُشَجِّع على، يُحَرِّض |
 Bulgarian: прдбуждам |
 Brazilian: incitar |
 Czech: podněcovat |
 German: aufhetzen |
 Danish: tilskynde; opildne |
 Greek: υποκινώ |
 Spanish: incitar, provocar |
 Estonian: õhutama |
 Farsi: تحریک کردن |
 Finnish: yllyttää |
 French: inciter (à) |
 Hebrew: לְהָסִית |
 Hindi: भड़काना |
 Croatian: poticati, huškati |
 Hungarian: ösztönöz |
 Indonesian: mendorong |
 Icelandic: hvetja,ÿta undir, egna |
 Italian: incitare |
 Japanese: 扇動する |
 Korean: 격려하다 |
 Lithuanian: kurstyti, skatinti |
 Latvian: kūdīt; musināt |
 Malay: mengapi-apikan |
 Dutch: aansporen |
 Norwegian: egge, provosere, tilskynd |
 Polish: podburzyć |
 Persian: تحریک کردن |
 Pashto: تحریکول |
 Portuguese: incitar |
 Romanian: a incita (la) |
 Russian: подстрекать |
 Slovak: podnietiť |
 Slovenian: spodbadati |
 Serbian: podsticati |
 Swedish: egga, sporra |
 Thai: กระตุ้น |
 Turkish: kışkırtmak |
 Taiwanese: 鼓吹 |
 Ukrainian: збуджувати, спонукати |
 Urdu: اکسانا |
 Vietnamese: thúc ép |
 Chinese: 激励 |
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