"incite" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈsaɪt/ Audio: en-us-incite.ogg [US] Forms: incites [present, singular, third-person], inciting [participle, present], incited [participle, past], incited [past]
enPR: ĭn.sīt' Rhymes: -aɪt 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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|inciter}} Middle French inciter, {{uder|en|la|incitare||to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite}} Latin incitare (“to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite”), {{m|la|in||in, on}} in (“in, on”), {{m|la|citare||to set in motion, urge}} citare (“to set in motion, urge”), {{m|la|ciere||to rouse, excite, call}} ciere (“to rouse, excite, call”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} incite (third-person singular simple present incites, present participle inciting, simple past and past participle incited)
  1. (transitive) To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action. Tags: transitive Hypernyms: enliven Hyponyms: allure, enrage, thrill Related terms: inciteful, incitement, incitive Translations (to rouse, stir up or excite): ἐρεθίζω (erethízō) (Ancient Greek), ὄρνυμι (órnumi) (Ancient Greek), حَرَّضَ (ḥarraḍa) (Arabic), حَضَّ (ḥaḍḍa) (Arabic), դրդել (drdel) (Armenian), подбуждам (podbuždam) (Bulgarian), стимулирам (stimuliram) (Bulgarian), incitar (Catalan), 煽起 (shānqǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), podněcovat [imperfective] (Czech), navádět [imperfective] (Czech), nabádat [imperfective] (Czech), aanzetten (Dutch), ophitsen (Dutch), inciti (Esperanto), yllyttää (Finnish), kiihottaa (Finnish), kannustaa (Finnish), inciter (French), incinir (Galician), imbelicar (Galician), bezar (Galician), demerxer (Galician), enfoutar (Galician), encirrar (Galician), apurrar (Galician), enxibar (Galician), estrizar (Galician), isar (Galician), istar (Galician), enridar (Galician), atouzar (Galician), envizcar (Galician), anstacheln (German), שלהב (shilhév) [masculine] (Hebrew), שיסה (shisá) [masculine] (Hebrew), felbujt (Hungarian), uszít (Hungarian), ösztönöz (Hungarian), buzdít (Hungarian), spreag (Irish), fadaigh (Irish), dreasaigh (Irish), 扇ぐ (aogu) (alt: あおぐ) (Japanese), 嗾ける (keshikakeru) (alt: けしかける) (Japanese), sulsul (Kapampangan), incitō (Latin), whakakā (Maori), akiaki (Maori), ueue (Maori), whakatari (Maori), incitar (Occitan), bǣdan (Old English), كوروكلمك (körüklemek) (Ottoman Turkish), انگیزاندن (angizândan) (Persian), شوراندن (šurândan) (Persian), podżegać [imperfective] (Polish), incitar (Portuguese), provocar (Portuguese), hatarichiy (Quechua), incita (Romanian), ațâța (Romanian), stârni (Romanian), подстрека́ть (podstrekátʹ) (Russian), подбива́ть (podbivátʹ) (Russian), разжига́ть (razžigátʹ) (note: e.g. hatred) (Russian), चोदति (codati) (Sanskrit), incitar (Spanish), concitar (Spanish), sulsol (Tagalog), kışkırtmak (Turkish), підбу́рювати (pidbúrjuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), підбу́рити (pidbúryty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), kích động (Vietnamese)

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          "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
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          "word": "egg on"
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          "word": "engender"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
          "word": "evoke"
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          "word": "impel"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
          "word": "incite"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
          "word": "induce"
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          "word": "instigate"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
          "word": "set off"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
          "word": "spur"
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          "word": "tempt"
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          "word": "whip up"
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥarraḍa",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "حَرَّضَ"
        },
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥaḍḍa",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "حَضَّ"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "drdel",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "դրդել"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "podbuždam",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "подбуждам"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "stimuliram",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "стимулирам"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "incitar"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shānqǐ",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "煽起"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "navádět"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "nabádat"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "aanzetten"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "ophitsen"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "inciti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "yllyttää"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "kiihottaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "kannustaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "inciter"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "incinir"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "imbelicar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "bezar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "demerxer"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "enfoutar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "encirrar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "apurrar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "enxibar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "estrizar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "isar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "istar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "enridar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "atouzar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "envizcar"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "anstacheln"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "erethízō",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "ἐρεθίζω"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "órnumi",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "ὄρνυμι"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shilhév",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "שלהב"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shisá",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "שיסה"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "felbujt"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "uszít"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "ösztönöz"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "buzdít"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "spreag"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "fadaigh"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "dreasaigh"
        },
        {
          "alt": "あおぐ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "aogu",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "扇ぐ"
        },
        {
          "alt": "けしかける",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "keshikakeru",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "嗾ける"
        },
        {
          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "sulsul"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "incitō"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "whakakā"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "tuata (by means of ritual)",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "akiaki"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "ueue"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "whakatari"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "incitar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "bǣdan"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "körüklemek",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "كوروكلمك"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "angizândan",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "انگیزاندن"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "šurândan",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "شوراندن"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "podżegać"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "incitar"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "provocar"
        },
        {
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "hatarichiy"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "incita"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "ațâța"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "stârni"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podstrekátʹ",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "подстрека́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podbivátʹ",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "подбива́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "e.g. hatred",
          "roman": "razžigátʹ",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "разжига́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "codati",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "चोदति"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "incitar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "concitar"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "sulsol"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "kışkırtmak"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pidbúrjuvaty",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "підбу́рювати"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pidbúryty",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "підбу́рити"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
          "word": "kích động"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈsaɪt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪt"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ĭn.sīt'"
    }
  ],
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}
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "demotivate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "discourage"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "halt"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "prevent"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "stop"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ciere",
        "3": "",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "inciting",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "incited",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "enliven"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "allure"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "enrage"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "thrill"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "inciteful"
    },
    {
      "word": "incitement"
    },
    {
      "word": "incitive"
    }
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        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Middle French",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English undefined derivations",
        "English verbs",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Requests for review of Northern Kurdish translations",
        "Rhymes:English/aɪt",
        "Rhymes:English/aɪt/2 syllables"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The judge was told by the accused that his friends had incited him to commit the crime.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "incite people to violence",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action."
      ],
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        [
          "stir up",
          "stir up"
        ],
        [
          "excite",
          "excite"
        ],
        [
          "rouse",
          "rouse"
        ],
        [
          "goad",
          "goad"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
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    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪt"
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    {
      "enpr": "ĭn.sīt'"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "abet"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "actuate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "bring about"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "drive"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "encourage"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "egg on"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "engender"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "evoke"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "excite"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "foment"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "goad"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "US",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "grill"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "impel"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "incite"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "induce"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "instigate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "invoke"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "motivate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "move"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "obligate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "oblige"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "prompt"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "provoke"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "rouse"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "set off"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "spur"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "stimulate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "stir"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "stir up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "tempt"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "urge"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:incite",
      "word": "whip up"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥarraḍa",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "حَرَّضَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥaḍḍa",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "حَضَّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "drdel",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "դրդել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podbuždam",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "подбуждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "stimuliram",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "стимулирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "incitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shānqǐ",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "煽起"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "podněcovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "navádět"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "nabádat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "aanzetten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "ophitsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "inciti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "yllyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "kiihottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "kannustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "inciter"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "incinir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "imbelicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "bezar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "demerxer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "enfoutar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "encirrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "apurrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "enxibar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "estrizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "isar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "istar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "enridar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "atouzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "envizcar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "anstacheln"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "erethízō",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "ἐρεθίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "órnumi",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "ὄρνυμι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shilhév",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שלהב"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shisá",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שיסה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "felbujt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "uszít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "ösztönöz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "buzdít"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "spreag"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "fadaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "dreasaigh"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あおぐ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "aogu",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "扇ぐ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けしかける",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keshikakeru",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "嗾ける"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "sulsul"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "incitō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "whakakā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "tuata (by means of ritual)",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "akiaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "ueue"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "whakatari"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "incitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "bǣdan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "körüklemek",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "كوروكلمك"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "angizândan",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "انگیزاندن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šurândan",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "شوراندن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "podżegać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "incitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "provocar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "hatarichiy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "incita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "ațâța"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "stârni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podstrekátʹ",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "подстрека́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podbivátʹ",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "подбива́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "e.g. hatred",
      "roman": "razžigátʹ",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "разжига́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "codati",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "चोदति"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "incitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "concitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "sulsol"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "kışkırtmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidbúrjuvaty",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "підбу́рювати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidbúryty",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "підбу́рити"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to rouse, stir up or excite",
      "word": "kích động"
    }
  ],
  "word": "incite"
}

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