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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

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

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

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Incite \In*cite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incited; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Inciting.] [L. incitare; pref. in- in + citare to rouse,
   stir up: cf. F. inciter. See Cite.]
   To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
   [1913 Webster]

         Anthiochus, when he incited Prusias to join in war, set
         before him the greatness of the Romans.  --Bacon.
   [1913 Webster]

         No blown ambition doth our arms incite.  --Shak.

   Syn: Excite; stimulate; instigate; spur; goad; arouse; move;
        urge; rouse; provoke; encourage; prompt; animate. See
        Excite.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

incite
    v 1: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice
         my career" [syn: motivate, actuate, propel, move,
         prompt, incite]
    2: provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest
       among the people" [syn: incite, instigate, set off,
       stir up]
    3: urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy on,
       but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"
       [syn: prod, incite, egg on]