incite : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: incite	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for incite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incite v give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" Synonym(s): motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people" Synonym(s): incite, instigate, set off, stir up urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window" Synonym(s): prod, incite, egg on
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incite \In*cite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inciting}.] [L. incitare; pref. in- in + citare to rouse, stir up: cf. F. inciter. See {Cite}.] To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on. Anthiochus, when he incited Prusias to join in war, set before him the greatness of the Romans. --Bacon. No blown ambition doth our arms incite. --Shak. Syn: Excite; stimulate; instigate; spur; goad; arouse; move; urge; rouse; provoke; encourage; prompt; animate. See {Excite}.