incite[verb]Synonyms: provoke, encourage, foment, inflame, instigate, spur, stimulate, stir up, urge, whip up
Contrasted words: check, curb, discourage, inhibit, restrain, calm, quiet, subdue
Related Words: forward,
further,
promote,
stimulate,
set off,
trigger,
agitate,
solicit,
encourage,
motivate,
motive,
excite,
inflame,
rouse [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
in‧cite /ɪnˈsaɪt/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: French;
Origin: inciter, from Latin citare 'to cause to start moving']
to deliberately encourage people to fight, argue etc ⇒
encourage:
They were charged with inciting racial hatred.incite somebody to do something a person who incites others to commit an offenceincite somebody to something There was no evidence that he had incited members of the group to violence.—incitement noun [uncountable and countable]:
incitement to murder [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲