incite
verb (used with object)
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action.
incited
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past participleof incite.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof incite.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
inciteverb (used with object)to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action.
Example Sentences
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The measure bars or expels foreigners deemed to have "spread or incited hate messages" against the country or its people.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
While this push to redirect the country’s scientific research has incited alarm, reactions to interventions in the historical humanities have been more muted.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
The man in the tub is the French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat, a journalist and physician who had incited a series of judicial massacres.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
In a letter to the BBC, Mr Adler's lawyers say the allegations are false and have been incited by one former client who they are suing.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2025
Louisa laughed and teased and goaded like a goblin; and what was worse, she told the other children, and incited them to "baa" quietly whenever Tristran walked past.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
