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- Dictionaryin·cite/inˈsīt/
verb
- 1. encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behavior): "the offense of inciting racial hatred" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of INCITE is to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on. How to use incite in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Incite.
to encourage someone to do or feel something unpleasant or violent, or to cause violent or unpleasant actions: The ads were trying to incite public opinion against the government. incitement.
Incite definition: to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action. See examples of INCITE used in a sentence.
To incite is to cause to act or occur. Violent words can incite violent actions which, in turn, might incite public outcry against violence. Incite comes from a Latin verb meaning "to move into action" and if you incite someone to do something, that is exactly how to describe it.
If someone incites people to behave in a violent or illegal way, they encourage people to behave in that way, usually by making them excited or angry. He incited his fellow citizens to take their revenge. [VERB noun to-infinitive] The party agreed not to incite its supporters to violence.
to encourage someone to do or feel something unpleasant or violent, or to cause violent or unpleasant actions: The ads were trying to incite public opinion against the government. incitement.
syn: incite, rouse, provoke mean to goad or inspire an individual or group to take some action or express some feeling. incite means to induce activity of any kind, although it often refers to violent or uncontrolled behavior: incited to greater effort; incited to rebellion.
