Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To provoke and urge on: synonym: provoke.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To move to action; stir up; instigate; spur on.
- Synonyms Impel, Induce, etc. (see
actuate ), stimulate, urge on, rouse, fire, provoke, excite, encourage, animate, set on, drive, persuade. See list underimpel .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
rouse ,stir up orexcite .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb provoke or stir up
- verb urge on; cause to act
- verb give an incentive for action
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Beck, Limbaugh and Palin incite violence for their own financial gain.
Man arrested, accused of death threats against U.S. senator 2010
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You see, Broder doesn't suggest that the president "incite" a war only because Broder has already done such splendid work in inciting it himself.
Barry Eisler: The Definition of Insanity Barry Eisler 2010
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You see, Broder doesn't suggest that the president "incite" a war only because Broder has already done such splendid work in inciting it himself.
Barry Eisler: The Definition of Insanity Barry Eisler 2010
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You see, Broder doesn't suggest that the president "incite" a war only because Broder has already done such splendid work in inciting it himself.
Barry Eisler: The Definition of Insanity Barry Eisler 2010
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You see, Broder doesn't suggest that the president "incite" a war only because Broder has already done such splendid work in inciting it himself.
Barry Eisler: The Definition of Insanity Barry Eisler 2010
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The Fitna film illustrates the dangers of Islamisation highlighted with selective Koranic texts, it does not "incite" against Muslims rather rails about extremism and frankly so it should.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Next I would point out that the word "incite" correlates to if anactual assault by the crowd that gathered occurred.
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Former Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi has begun preparations to relaunch a civil war, travelling to the coastal province of Benguela to "incite" the inhabitants, an area police chief charged on Monday.
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Bachmann says Pelosi wanted to 'incite' Tea Partiers
Home/News 2010
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Bachmann says Pelosi wanted to 'incite' Tea Partiers
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