incite

Etymology

Middle French inciter, from Latin incitare (“to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite”), from in (“in, on”) + citare (“to set in motion, urge”), frequentative of ciere (“to rouse, excite, call”).

Pronunciation

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• enPR: ĭn.sīt', IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsaɪt/

Verb

incite (third-person singular simple present incites, present participle inciting, simple past and past participle incited)

1. (transitive) To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.

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

Further reading

• incite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• incite in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• incite at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• intice

Verb

incite

1. first-person singular present indicative of inciter
2. third-person singular present indicative of inciter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of inciter
4. second-person singular imperative of inciter

Verb

incite

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of incitar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of incitar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of incitar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of incitar

Verb

incite

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of incitar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of incitar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of incitar.