incite
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
Origin of incite
1synonym study For incite
Other words for incite
Opposites for incite
Other words from incite
- in·cit·a·ble, adjective
- in·cit·ant, adjective, noun
- in·ci·ta·tion [in-sahy-tey-shuhn, -si-], /ˌɪn saɪˈteɪ ʃən, -sɪ-/, noun
- in·cit·er, noun
- in·cit·ing·ly, adverb
- re·in·cite, verb (used with object), re·in·cit·ed, re·in·cit·ing.
- un·in·cit·ed, adjective
Words that may be confused with incite
- incite , insight
Words Nearby incite
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How to use incite in a sentence
They may argue that the House managers have failed to prove that what he did meets the terms of inciting an insurrection.
All eyes on Republican senators after strong presentation by House managers | Dan Balz | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostI don’t think he was inciting violence by that, but I do think that it led to a dangerous situation.
Parler was effectively knocked offline in January when Amazon, Apple and Google stopped providing it technical services for violating their policies against online posts that incite violence.
Dominion Voting tells Facebook, Parler and other social media sites to preserve posts for lawsuits | Rachel Lerman | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostShe argued there needs to be accountability for Republicans in Congress who made false claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election and who have not condemned the events or apologized for their alleged role in inciting the attempted insurrection.
Ocasio-Cortez reveals she’s a sexual assault survivor, recounts ‘trauma’ of Capitol riot: ‘I thought everything was over’ | Jaclyn Peiser | February 2, 2021 | Washington PostThe former president was impeached for a second time in the House of Representatives, most recently for “engaging in high Crimes and Misdemeanors by inciting violence against the Government of the United States.”
For example, the MTA prohibits ads that “incite or provoke violence.”
To Fight Pam Geller, Join Our Comedy Jihad at the MTA | Dean Obeidallah | September 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThough Rabinowitz muses that something like this would not only be impractical but also incite severe backlash.
Porn Fights For Your Right to Surf: Pornhub, YouPorn, and Redtube Lead Charge For Net Neutrality | Aurora Snow | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFew people touch that nerve and incite so much passionate conversation than Dunham and Girls.
Lena Dunham on 'SNL' Review: Very Funny, Very Dunham-y | Kevin Fallon | March 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRobertson, they said, would “never incite or encourage hate.”
A&E Ducks for Cover by Forgiving Phil Robertson | Michael Musto | December 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTRussell Brand is trying to use comedy to incite political revolution.
This is the more annoying, as there are circumstances that particularly incite our curiosity.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksAnd to incite the efforts of honest but unfortunate men, bankrupt laws equally useful to creditor and debtor were established.
A short history of Rhode Island | George Washington GreeneIt seems impossible to believe that these are the men whom Irish patriots incite to mutiny.
In the Ranks of the C.I.V. | Erskine ChildersThy countrymen are wild, fierce, and warlike: why not incite their martial passions in defence of thy doctrines?
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John LordNot one true believer whom the flesh does not again and again incite to impatience, anger, pride.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians | Martin Luther
British Dictionary definitions for incite
/ (ɪnˈsaɪt) /
(tr) to stir up or provoke to action
Origin of incite
1Derived forms of incite
- incitation, noun
- incitement, noun
- inciter, noun
- incitingly, adverb
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