incitation
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Noun (2)
- something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to actionSynonyms: incitementprovocationType of psychic energy, mental energyKinds signal
- an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating“the incitement of mutiny”Synonyms: incitementType of arousal, rousing
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
In′ci·ta′tion noun
Origin: L. incitatio: cf. F. incitation.
1. The act of inciting or moving to action.
2. That which incites to action; that which rouses or prompts; incitement; motive; incentive.
The noblest incitation to honest attempts.— The Tatler
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54