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incitein‧cite /ɪnˈsaɪt/ verb [transitive] inciteOrigin: 1400-1500 French inciter, from Latin citare ‘to cause to start moving’ VERB TABLEincite |
Present | I, you, we, they | incite | | he, she, it | incites | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | incited | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have incited | | he, she, it | has incited | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had incited | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will incite | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have incited |
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Present | I | am inciting | | he, she, it | is inciting | | you, we, they | are inciting | Past | I, he, she, it | was inciting | | you, we, they | were inciting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been inciting | | he, she, it | has been inciting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been inciting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be inciting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been inciting |
- Four men were arrested for inciting the riot.
- Holland denied that he was inciting a riot.
- She was charged with inciting the crowd to violence.
- Tribal leaders are accused of inciting their followers to attack rival tribes.
- And both events have further encouraged and incited Arab rejectionists such as Hamas.
- Both are accused of inciting and participating in the massacre of hundreds of Tutsis in Kibungo in 1994.
- For sure she creates disruption, signifies abnormality, and incites lewdness in others.
- His approach has incited even more intense debate among Democrats.
- Powerful traditions call for its refusal; but nationalist pride may incite people to accept what they would instinctively reject.
- Republicans have complained that Democrats are using Social Security scare tactics to incite seniors groups and others to oppose the constitutional amendment.
- Self-defacement, inciting anti-Soviet attitudes, it's all in the penal code.
- The mutiny was not Communist-inspired, but the spirit of rebellion was exploited to incite peasant risings.
to deliberately try to cause trouble, arguments etc► incite formal to deliberately encourage people to cause trouble, fight, argue etc: · Four men were arrested for inciting the riot.incite somebody to something: · She was charged with inciting the crowd to violence.incite somebody to do something: · Tribal leaders are accused of inciting their followers to attack rival tribes. ► provoke if something provokes an angry situation or a reaction, they cause it, usually deliberately: · The new laws have provoked violent demonstrations in some towns.· The ambassador's offensive remarks provoked widespread criticism.provoke somebody to something: · The judge ruled that Becker provoked her husband to attack her so she could shoot him. ► stir up to deliberately try to cause arguments, fighting etc between people: stir up something: · I hope you're not trying to stir up trouble.· His series of articles on party leaders has stirred up a great deal of public controversy.stir something up: · He was accused of trying to stir rebellion up among the peasants. ► incite hatred (=deliberately encourage people to hate each other)· He faces criminal charges for inciting racial hatred. ► incite/provoke violence (=do or say something that makes people become violent)· The opposition leader was accused of inciting violence against the president. NOUN► hatred· It introduced a code of conduct for political parties, banning the use of language likely to incite violence or hatred.· Religious fanatics cooled down temporarily, the better to incite hatred another day.· To date, there have been no prosecutions for this version of the offence of inciting to racial hatred.· Judge McKinnon had been widely criticized for comments made during his hearing of a case of inciting racial hatred.· Quite rightly there is legislation to stop material that incites race hatred. 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 [countable, uncountable]: incitement to murder |