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English
Etymology
Middle French inciter, from Latin incitare (“to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite”), from in (“in, on”) + citare (“to set in motion, urge”), frequentative of ciere (“to rouse, excite, call”).
Pronunciation
Verb
incite (third-person singular simple present incites, present participle inciting, simple past and past participle incited)
- (transitive) To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.
The judge was told by the accused that his friends had incited him to commit the crime.
incite people to violence
Related terms
Translations
to rouse, stir up or excite
- Arabic: حَرَّضَ (ḥarraḍa), حَضَّ (ḥaḍḍa)
- Armenian: դրդել (hy) (drdel)
- Bulgarian: подбуждам (bg) (podbuždam), стимулирам (bg) (stimuliram)
- Catalan: incitar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 煽起 (shānqǐ)
- Czech: podněcovat impf, navádět impf, nabádat impf
- Dutch: aanzetten (nl), ophitsen (nl)
- Esperanto: inciti
- Finnish: yllyttää (fi), kiihottaa (fi), kannustaa (fi)
- French: inciter (fr)
- Galician: incinir, imbelicar, bezar, demerxer, enfoutar, encirrar (gl), apurrar (gl), enxibar, estrizar, isar, istar, enridar, atouzar (gl), envizcar
- German: anstacheln (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἐρεθίζω (erethízō), ὄρνυμι (órnumi)
- Hebrew: שלהב m (shilhév), שיסה (he) m (shisá)
- Hungarian: felbujt (hu), uszít (hu), ösztönöz (hu), buzdít (hu)
- Irish: spreag, fadaigh, dreasaigh
- Japanese: 扇ぐ (ja) (あおぐ, aogu), 嗾ける (ja) (けしかける, keshikakeru)
- Kapampangan: sulsul
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: (please verify) arandin (ku), (please verify) azirandin (ku), (please verify) cixirandin (ku), (please verify) sîqilandin (ku), (please verify) tehrîk kirin (ku), (please verify) lê sor kirin (ku), (please verify) teşwîq kirin (ku), (please verify) engizandin (ku), (please verify) belişandin (ku), (please verify) pîj kirin (ku), (please verify) ajawe kirin (ku), (please verify) provoke kirin (ku), (please verify) han dan (ku), (please verify) fît kirin (ku), (please verify) xiroşme kirin (ku), (please verify) cilixandin (ku)
- Latin: incitō
- Maori: whakakā, tuata (by means of ritual), akiaki, ueue, whakatari
- Occitan: incitar (oc)
- Old English: bǣdan
- Ottoman Turkish: كوروكلمك (körüklemek)
- Persian: انگیزاندن (angizândan), شوراندن (fa) (šurândan)
- Polish: podżegać (pl) impf
- Portuguese: incitar (pt), provocar (pt)
- Quechua: hatarichiy
- Romanian: incita (ro), ațâța (ro), stârni (ro)
- Russian: подстрека́ть (ru) (podstrekátʹ), подбива́ть (ru) (podbivátʹ), разжига́ть (ru) (razžigátʹ) (e.g. hatred)
- Sanskrit: चोदति (codati)
- Spanish: incitar (es), concitar (es)
- Tagalog: sulsol
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: kışkırtmak (tr)
- Ukrainian: підбу́рювати impf (pidbúrjuvaty), підбу́рити pf (pidbúryty)
- Vietnamese: kích động (vi)
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Further reading
- “incite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “incite”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “incite”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Verb
incite
- inflection of inciter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative
- first-person singular present subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Portuguese
Verb
incite
- inflection of incitar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
incite
- inflection of incitar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative