| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To stimulate, abet, encourage, rouse or motivate.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To goad, prod or spur. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To impel, instigate, urge, drive or push. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To provoke, induce, infuriate, irritate or foment. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To arouse, excite, energize, quicken or waken. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To exhort. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To actuate, stir, move or agitate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To kindle or inflame. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To madden, rile or vex.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Present participle conjugation of the verb incite.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (incite) | 1. Give an incentive for action.[Wordnet]. 2. Provoke or stir up; "incite a riot".[Wordnet]. 3. Urge on; cause to act.[Wordnet]. 4. To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: inciting, incited, incites, inciter, inciters, incitingly and incitedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "INCITING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Specialty Definition: INCITING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Exciting to action; stirring up. In general, incite denotes to operate on the mind or will; excite has the same sense, but it extends also to the passions and to material substances; as, to excite action in the heart and arteries.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of incite. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: INCITING
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Inciting racial hatred | Inciting racial hatred is a recently created category of law which classifies certain types of speech as illegal. This body of law is controversial in that the content of one's speech must be subjectively categorized in order to achieve an indictment. (references) | ||
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