Incite

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  • transitive verb. To provoke and urge on: synonym: provoke.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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 under impel.
    • 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To rouse, stir up or excite.
    • 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
    • Word Usage
    "Beck, Limbaugh and Palin incite violence for their own financial gain."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cause  do  make  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    goad  goose  halloo  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bright  Dwight  Knight  Night  White  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abet  actuate  admonish  agitate  animate  
    verb-form
    incited  incites  inciting  
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