INCITE
Dictionary entry overview: What does incite mean?
• INCITE (verb)
The verb INCITE has 3 senses:
1. give an incentive for action
2. provoke or stir up
3. urge on; cause to act
Familiarity information: INCITE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• INCITE (verb)
Meaning:
Give an incentive for action
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
incite; motivate; prompt; actuate; propel; move
Context example:
This moved me to sacrifice my career
Hypernyms (to "incite" is one way to...):
cause; do; make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They incite him to write the letter
Meaning:
Provoke or stir up
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
instigate; incite; stir up; set off
Context examples:
incite a riot / set off great unrest among the people
Hypernyms (to "incite" is one way to...):
provoke; stimulate (provide the needed stimulus for)
Cause:
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "incite"):
raise (activate or stir up)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Urge on; cause to act
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
egg on; prod; incite
Context example:
They other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "incite"):
goose (prod into action)
halloo (urge on with shouts)
goad (urge with or as if with a goad)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
