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incite, v.|ɪnˈsaɪt|
Also 5 encyte, 5–6 incyte.
[a. F. inciter (14th c.; OF. also enciter) = Sp., Pg. incitar, It. incitare, ad. L. incitāre, f. in- (in-2) + citāre to set in rapid motion, rouse, stimulate, etc., frequentative of ciēre, cit-um to put in motion, stir, rouse; see cite.]
trans. To urge or spur on; to stir up, animate, instigate, stimulate. Const. to do something; to or unto some action.
1483Caxton Cato A viij, For to doo thys right canon admonesteth and inciteth us. 1490― Eneydos Contents 7 How Eneas encyted the patrons & maystres of his shyppes for to departe. 1502W. Atkynson tr. De Imitatione i. xi. 161 The firste mocions that incyteth vs to synne. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. xi. §1 He incited all men vnto bountifull contribution. 1606G. W[oodcocke] tr. Hist. Ivstine 9 a, The rather to incite him vppe vnto their ayde, [he] shewed the exceeding valour of their women. 1661Bramhall Just Vind. vii. 221 The Pope incited the King of Spain to make war against the Republick. 1715–20Pope Iliad iv. 499 These Mars incites, and those Minerva fires. 1812G. Chalmers Dom. Econ. Gt. Brit. 423 Manufactures were incited, and pushed forward, by every sort of encouragement. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 462 Each of us was urging and inciting the other to put the question. 1880E. White Cert. Relig. 24 A certainty, and an overflowing gladness in the heart, which are capable of inciting to heroic deeds.
b. To urge or provoke (some action).
1627Lisander & Cal. v. 90, I could not finde any thing which might incite my stay after this losse.
Hence inciting vbl. n.
1611Florio, Infugatione,..a prouocation, or inciting vnto. |