incite

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb give an incentive for action
  2. verb provoke or stir up
  3. verb urge on; cause to act

Etymology

From Middle French inciter, from Latin incitō (“to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite”), from in (“in, on”) + citō (“to set in motion, urge”), frequentative of cieō (“to rouse, excite, call”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt

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