单词 | incite |
释义 | incitev. a. transitive. To urge or spur on; to stir up, animate, instigate, stimulate. Const. to do something; to or unto some action. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate stirc897 putOE sputc1175 prokec1225 prickc1230 commovec1374 baitc1378 stingc1386 movea1398 eager?a1400 pokec1400 provokea1425 tollc1440 cheera1450 irritec1450 encourage1483 incite1483 harden1487 attice1490 pricklea1522 to set on1523 incense1531 irritate1531 animate1532 tickle1532 stomach1541 instigate1542 concitea1555 upsteer1558 urge1565 instimulate1570 whip1573 goad1579 raise1581 to set upa1586 to call ona1592 incitate1597 indarec1599 alarm1602 exstimulate1603 to put on1604 feeze1610 impulse1611 fomentate1613 emovec1614 animalize1617 stimulate1619 spura1644 trinkle1685 cite1718 to put up1812 prod1832 to jack up1914 goose1934 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton A viij For to doo thys right canon admonesteth and inciteth us. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos Contents 7 How Eneas encyted the patrons & maystres of his shyppes for to departe. ?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) i. xi. 161 The firste mocions that incyteth vs to synne. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xi. 19 He incited all men vnto bountifull contribution. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 9 a The rather to incite him vppe vnto their ayde, [he] shewed the exceeding valour of their women. 1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. vii. 221 The Pope incited the King of Spain to make war against the Republick. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 499 These Mars incites, and those Minerva fires. 1812 G. Chalmers Hist. View Domest. Econ. Great Brit. & Ireland 423 Manufactures were incited, and pushed forward, by every sort of encouragement. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 433 Each of us was urging and inciting the other to put the question. 1880 E. White Certainty in 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). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > bring about by incitement stirc897 forthclepe?c1000 raisec1175 entice1297 rearc1325 excitea1340 arta1450 provocate?a1475 suscitate1528 to stir upc1530 provoke1535 store1552 concitea1555 upsteer1558 spirit1598 solicit1602 foment1606 fana1616 proritate1620 incite1627 ferment1660 spirita1680 brush1755 whip1805 to put (also set) (the) spurs to1819 fillipa1822 instigate1852 spark-plug1945 whomp1961 1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times v. 90 I could not finde any thing which might incite my stay after this losse. Derivatives inciting n. ΚΠ 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Infugatione,..a prouocation, or inciting vnto. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1483 |
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