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incentor Now rare.|ɪnˈsɛntə(r)|
Also 6 -our, 9 (erron.) -er.
[a. L. incentor singer, setter of a tune, inciter, from incinĕre: see incention.]
1. One who excites or stirs up (strife, etc.); one who incites to action.
1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 79/2 The cheefe Capteine and incentour of which persecution was first Dioclesian. 1609Bp. W. Barlow Answ. Nameless Cath. 172 They tooke him to be Incentor, the Stirrer or Procurer of the same. 1656Blount Glossogr., Incentor,..a make-bate, or Boutefeu. 1658Phillips, Incentor, the same as Incendiary. 1718Prideaux O. & N. Test. ii. ii. 138 The chief Incentors of this War. 1895N. Brit. Daily Mail 30 Aug. 5 A placard, declaring that all incenters to riot would be executed.
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1656Blount Glossogr., Incentor, he that singeth the descant. In singing there are three degrees, the first Succentor, the second Incentor, the third Accentor. 1678Phillips (ed. 4), Incentor, he that sings the middle part. |