inciter

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English

Etymology

incite +‎ -er

Noun

inciter (plural inciters)

  1. One who incites.
    • 2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 369:
      ‘Someone put those disrespectful imbeciles up to what they did! And I want that inciter in custody else I’ll do what I did in the war, else I’ll show every single one of you why they call me Tuvy!’

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French

Etymology

From Latin incitāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.si.te/
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Verb

inciter

  1. (transitive) to urge; to impel

Usage notes

The French term inciter is a false friend of the English incite: In English, incite has a stronger, more forceful meaning.

Conjugation

Conjugation of inciter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple inciter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple incitant
/ɛ̃.si.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle incité
/ɛ̃.si.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present incite
/ɛ̃.sit/ 		incites
/ɛ̃.sit/ 		incite
/ɛ̃.sit/ 		incitons
/ɛ̃.si.tɔ̃/ 		incitez
/ɛ̃.si.te/ 		incitent
/ɛ̃.sit/
imperfect incitais
/ɛ̃.si.tɛ/ 		incitais
/ɛ̃.si.tɛ/ 		incitait
/ɛ̃.si.tɛ/ 		incitions
/ɛ̃.si.tjɔ̃/ 		incitiez
/ɛ̃.si.tje/ 		incitaient
/ɛ̃.si.tɛ/
past historic2 incitai
/ɛ̃.si.te/ 		incitas
/ɛ̃.si.ta/ 		incita
/ɛ̃.si.ta/ 		incitâmes
/ɛ̃.si.tam/ 		incitâtes
/ɛ̃.si.tat/ 		incitèrent
/ɛ̃.si.tɛʁ/
future inciterai
/ɛ̃.si.tʁe/ 		inciteras
/ɛ̃.si.tʁa/ 		incitera
/ɛ̃.si.tʁa/ 		inciterons
/ɛ̃.si.tʁɔ̃/ 		inciterez
/ɛ̃.si.tʁe/ 		inciteront
/ɛ̃.si.tʁɔ̃/
conditional inciterais
/ɛ̃.si.tʁɛ/ 		inciterais
/ɛ̃.si.tʁɛ/ 		inciterait
/ɛ̃.si.tʁɛ/ 		inciterions
/ɛ̃.si.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		inciteriez
/ɛ̃.si.tə.ʁje/ 		inciteraient
/ɛ̃.si.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present incite
/ɛ̃.sit/ 		incites
/ɛ̃.sit/ 		incite
/ɛ̃.sit/ 		incitions
/ɛ̃.si.tjɔ̃/ 		incitiez
/ɛ̃.si.tje/ 		incitent
/ɛ̃.sit/
imperfect2 incitasse
/ɛ̃.si.tas/ 		incitasses
/ɛ̃.si.tas/ 		incitât
/ɛ̃.si.ta/ 		incitassions
/ɛ̃.si.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		incitassiez
/ɛ̃.si.ta.sje/ 		incitassent
/ɛ̃.si.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — incite
/ɛ̃.sit/ 		— incitons
/ɛ̃.si.tɔ̃/ 		incitez
/ɛ̃.si.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Further reading

Latin

Verb

inciter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of incitō
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