incite

1 give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" [syn: motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt]

2 provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people" [syn: instigate, set off, stir up]

3 urge on; cause to act; "They other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window" [syn: prod, egg on]

English

Pronunciation

Verb

1. To rouse, stir up or excite.

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

Translations

• Dutch: aanzetten, ophitsen
• French: inciter
• German: anstacheln
• Kurdish: arandin, azirandin, cixirandin, sîqilandin, tehrîk kirin, lê sor kirin, teşwîq kirin, engizandin, belişandin, pîj kirin, ajawe kirin, provoke kirin, han dan, fît kirin, xiroşme kirin, cilixandin
• Old English: bǣdan
• Turkish: kışkırtmak

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