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Meanings of incite in English

Portuguese
motivar
Spanish
motivar

Give an incentive for action.

        motivar
        Portuguese
        esporear
        Spanish
        levantar

        Provoke or stir up.

              esporear
              Portuguese
              provocar
              Catalan
              incitar
              Spanish
              incitar

              Urge on; cause to act.

                    provocar
                    Usage of incite in English
                    1
                    In today's culture, power is defined as the ability to incite change.
                    Feminist dot com
                    2
                    The election commission banned several party posters they said could incite hatred.
                    Reuters
                    3
                    But either way, he had time to incite the response he wanted.
                    The captive
                    4
                    The crucial question is: did she incite others to harm the McCanns?
                    The Guardian
                    5
                    Yet half a century later, fluoridation continues to incite fear and paranoia.
                    The Guardian
                    6
                    Vedanta's confirmation of talks could incite interest from other bidders, analysts said.
                    Reuters
                    7
                    The dramas of the poets bring relief and incite to nobler action.
                    Halleck's New English Literature
                    8
                    We also discourage disruptive statements that incite others to violate our standards.
                    NY Magazine
                    9
                    The labour, towards the conclusion, became so intolerable as to incite despondency.
                    The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2
                    10
                    Why use sensationalist articles which serve to incite hatred and reinforce prejudice?
                    The Irish Times
                    11
                    The dish of my inventing does not incite dislike: far from it.
                    More Hunting Wasps
                    12
                    A clenched fist or an empty threat would probably just incite him.
                    The Descent
                    13
                    He tried-without result-toincite the Catholics of Ireland against the queen.
                    A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
                    14
                    It is forbidden to incite or exhort someone to commit a crime.
                    The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
                    15
                    Innocent in sleep, her every move seemed designed to incite him further.
                    Nocturnal
                    16
                    They may incite research to elicit further information of the same character.
                    Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Am...
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                    Catalan
                    incitar
                    Incite through the time
                    Incite across language varieties
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