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to incite
01
to encourage or provoke someone to take action
Ditransitive: to incite sb to do sth
Examples
The impassioned speech was intended to incite the crowd to participate in the protest.
02
to encourage someone to commit a crime or act violently
Transitive: to incite violent or criminal behavior
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
incite
3rd person singular
incites
Present participle
inciting
Past simple
incited
Past participle
incited
Examples
His reckless speech seemed to incite violence among the protesters.
Lexical Tree
incitement
inciter
incitive
incite
